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Field and Grass Seeds 



€lover ,, Seed from 25 to 35 days. 



Olover S. eed » Ja P au f''om 30 to 40 days. 



Clover Se ed ' Burr from 60 to 90 days. 



Kentucky Blue Grass from U to 21 days. 



&ed Top Gi ass fvom 1 1 to 21 days. 



English Pre Grasa ^om 8 to 15 days. 



Rescue Gra<s from 20 t0 30 da7S - 



Johnson Grass from 30 to i0 days - 



Tall Meadow O U Grass from 14 to 21 da y s - 



>eadow Fescue Grass Iro ™ 8 to 15 davs. 



Orchard Grass in. " >m 8 , . to 13 da ^- 



Timothy Glass frc m *? *° 25 da >' s - 



Rye Seed from 121 ° 20 da ?, s - 



Barley Seed from Ifc J° ^{J da y s - 



Wheat Se<ed from 12 , ^ -JO days. 



Oat Seed from 12 to 21 da >' s - 



Sorghum from 10 to 15 da J s - 



Kaffir Com from 10 to- 1 ^ajs. 



Broom Corn from 10 to 1 ? days. 



D-houro Corn from 10 to i ° da y s - 



Millet Seed from 8 to 15 d& ^ s - 



Sunflower Seed from 5 to l< ' da y s « 



FIELD and GRASS SEEDS^omlmTed^ 

 Buckwheat from 10 to 20 days. 

 Vetch from 15 to 20 days. 

 Teosinte from 30 to 40 days. 

 Bermuda Grass from 60 to 90 days. 



Sweet and Medicinal Herbs, 



Anise from 12 to 15 days. 

 Balm from 8 to 12 days. 

 Bene from 12 to 15 days. 

 Basil from 8 to 12 days. 

 Borage from 8 to 12 days. 

 Caraway from 10 to 15 days. 

 Dill from J 2 to 15 days. 

 Fennel from 12 to 15 days. 

 Lavender from 8 to 12 days. 

 Marjoram from 8 to 12 days. 

 Rosemary from 8 to 12 days. 

 Rue from 5 to 10 days. 

 Sage from 12 to 15 days. 

 Savory from 5 to 10 days. 

 Thyme from 12 to 15 days. 

 Wormwood from 8 to 12: days. 



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Tine Hot Bed. 



Owing to the open winters in the South, hot beds are not so much used as in the Northv 

 except to raise such tender plants as Eggplants, Tomatoes and Peppers, There is little 

 forciug of vegetables done here, except as regards Cucumbers aud Lattuee; and if we dso 

 not have auy hard frosts, the latter does better in the open ground lihan aoder glass. To 

 make a hot bed is a very simple thing. Any one who has Ihe ufce offfcooLs can make the 

 wooden frame, the sashes can be obtained from any sash factory. We consider a wooden 

 frame from five to six feet wide and ten feet six inches long a very good: size. It should 

 be at least six inches higher at the back than in the front, and covered by three sashes 

 33^x5 feet. The manure ought not to be more than a month old,;.- it should be thrown 

 together in a heap, aud when commencing to heat, be worked oveu with a fork, and the 

 long aud short manure evenly mixed. In this State the ground is* generally low. and lo 

 retain the heat of the manure for a long time, it is best to put the manure on top of the 

 ground — that is, make a bank two feet longer and two feet widen than the frame. Keep 

 the edges straight and the corners firm; when thrown up about eighteen inches trample 

 the manure down to six or eight inches, then put another layer of eighteen inches and 

 trample down again ; place thereon the frame and sash, and* fill! in six iuches of good 

 earth. After about five days stir the ground to kill the weeds which may have come up, 

 then sow the seeds. In lower Louisiana the ground is too wetr to dig out eighteen inches 

 deep, throw in the manure and trample dowu as recommended in the North; by a few 

 hard rains, such as we frequently have in wiuter, the manure would become so soaked 

 beneath the ground that the heat would be gone. Another advantage when the frame is 

 put above the ground, is that it will go down with the manure gradually, and there 

 remains always the same space between the glass and the ground. If the ground is dug 

 out and the manure put into the frame, the ground will sink so low after a short time 

 that the sun will have little eftVct upon it, aud plants will become spindly. 



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