GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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Field and Grass Seeds 



Clover Seed from 25 to 35 days. 

 Clover Seed, Japan from 30 to 40 days. 

 Clover Seed, Burr from 60 to 90 days. 

 Kentucky Blue Crass from 14 to 21 days. 

 Red Top Grass from 14 to 21 days. 

 English Rye Grass from 8 to 15 days. 

 Rescue Grass from 20 to 30 days. 

 Johnson Grass from 30 to 40 days. 

 Tall Meadow Oat Grass from 14 to 21 days 

 Meadow Fescue Grass from 8 to 15 days. 

 Orchard Grass from 8 to 15 days. 

 Timothy Giass from 15 to 25 days. 

 Rye Seed from 12 to 20 days. 

 Barley Seed from 12 to 20 days. 

 Wheat Seed from 12 to 20 days. 

 Oat Seed from 12 to 20 days. 

 Sorghum from 10 to 15 days. 

 Kaffir Corn from 10 to 15 days. 

 Broom Corn from 10 to 15 days. 

 Dhouro Corn from 10 to 15 days. 

 Millet Seed from 8 to 15 days. 

 Sunflower Seed from 5 to 10 days. 



FIELD and GRASS SEEDS— Continued. 



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 12 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 S to 12 days. 



TIjlo Hot Bed, 



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

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

 forcing of vegetables done here, except as regards Cucumbers aud Lettuce; and if we do 

 not have any hard frosts, the latter does better in the open ground than under glass. To 

 make a hot bed is a very simple thing. Any one who has the use of tools 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 

 3)^x5 feet. The manure ought not to be more than a mouth old; it should be thrown 

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

 long and short manure evenly mixed. In this State the ground is generally low, and to 

 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 wider 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 inches 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 wet to dig out eighteen inches 

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

 hard rains, such as we frequently have in winter, 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 effect upon it, and plants will become spindly. 



