The Garden. 
BY N. J. SHEPHERD. 
We learn, or try to learn, something 
every year as to the best plan of arranging 
the garden so as to secure the very best 
results. From the old-fashioned square, 
with high beds, bordered with flowers 
along the walks, and with dwarf trees aud 
bushes scattered over it. necessitating dig- 
ging up with a spade and doing all the 
work of seeding and cultivating with the 
rake and hoe, we have got to a long garden, 
and, instead of beds, we plant everything 
in long rows. We dispense with the flow¬ 
ers in the garden and put them in a place 
by themselves. Instead of having the 
small fruits in the garden, we have a small 
fruit plot with the difl’eient varieties 
of strawberries, gooseberries, raspberries, 
blackberries, currants and grapes m long 
rows by themselves, where they can be 
cultivated with the plow or cultivator. We 
keep everything out of the gardt-n but gar¬ 
den crops. We place all the vegetables 
that we expect to grow permanently on 
one side, so as to be out of the way of the 
plow when the crops are all taken off in the 
fall and it is desired to plow up thoroughly. 
Such plants as asparagus, rhubarb, sage, 
mustard, spinach, savory aud that class 
need not be re-seeded every year, and by 
placing them on one side they will not in¬ 
terfere with the working Of the balance. 
I find it a good plan to plow up in the fall 
and apply a good dressing of manure, 
spreading evenly over the surface, and 
then harrowing in I find the soil receives 
more benefit in this way, than by applying 
the manure and then turning it under. I 
plow dtep and pulverize as fine as possible, 
and use a marker made to mark four rows 
on one side, one foot apart and three rows 
eighteen inches apart on the other. I find 
it better to mark off the rows first in this 
way, and then sow the seed with a seeder. 
I also find a garden plow and cultivator 
a labor-saving implement in working 
garden crops, as when they are planted in 
lengthwise, the greater part of the work 
of cultivating can be done with them re¬ 
ducing the labor considerably. It pays to 
have the soil as rich as possible, and if an 
extra growth is desired, apply a small 
amouut of superphosphates or liquid ma- 
around the plants, taking pains to work 
well into the soil. Some of the crops like 
radishes, beets and peas may be sown very 
early, but with the larger proportion of 
garden plants, it pays to wait until the soil 
is sufficiently dry to woik well and warm 
enough to induce a quick germination of 
seed. I find that a good sharp steel rake is 
a very valuable implement for destroying 
the weeds and fining the surface when the 
plants are just making their appearance 
above ground. 
There is a great deal of difference in seeds 
even of the same variety but of different 
stock; this }ou will soon learn if you pur¬ 
chase seed from several different dealers 
and test well. Be sure and get seed from 
responsible growers only, it is the poorest 
of economy to purchase seeds from un¬ 
known parties simply because th^y offer to 
sell them cheap. Get the very best seed if 
you want the best results. Commence the 
cultivation early so as to destroy the weeds 
as effectually as possible, and then keep it 
ap. Clean cultivation is very essential in 
the garden, and in securing this the plants 
will generally receive the thorough culti¬ 
vation they should. 
Mummy Peas. 
The Viscountess Chetwynd, writing to the 
London Garden , referring to the probability 
that certain seeds found lately in an Egyp¬ 
tian vase, supposed to be two thousand 
years old, will germinate, adds the follow¬ 
ing imeresting account of an experiment of 
her own with peas of similarly ancient ori¬ 
gin: 
Perhaps it may interest your readers to 
know that many years ago Pettigrew gave 
my brother-in-law some peas that fell out of 
the wrappings of a mummy he was unroll¬ 
ing. They were planted at once, and most 
of them germinated. I saw them when in 
blossom; and a nice little row they were, 
about two yards long; and the seed ripened 
well. There could be no question as to their 
being foreigners; the foliage seemed more 
succulent and larger than the English gar¬ 
den pea. The form of the flowers was also 
