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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[April, 
sorts. AVc have tried in vain to get at the bottom 
of the Tomato question. Sow in liot-bed, if not al- 
Veady done. Prick out those early sown into 
another hot-bed, when large enough to handle. 
Turnips. —Sow early sorts in fifteen-inch drills. 
The Early Red and White Top are among the best. 
Flower Garden and Lawn. 
See last month’s notes about lawns. Push all 
heavy work, such as making of paths and roads, and 
the laying out of borders, and get it out of the way. 
Trees. —Set out deciduous ones as soon as pos¬ 
sible, and do it with all the care given to fruit trees. 
Edgings.— Box should be set early. Make neat 
work. Old plants, stripped up so as to have a bit 
of root to each, are much more sure than cuttings. 
Shrubs may be transplanted. It is not easy to 
make a selection where the variety is so large. 
Weigelas, Spirseas, Calycanthus, Dwarf Lilacs, and 
Snow-balls, Gordonia, Rhododendrons, and even 
as many more, are all desirable. Don’t forget our 
natives, the Azaleas, Clethra, Laurels, and others. 
Perennials. —Divide and reset, and sow seeds for 
new stock. See an article last month, page 97. 
Annuals.- —Start the tender kinds, sucli as Balsams, 
Ricinus, etc., under glass ; sow hardy ones as soon 
as the soil is ready. The list is so large that we 
must refer to the catalogues. Mignonette, Candy¬ 
tuft, Petunias, Portulaccas, Asters, and many other 
standard varieties, every one must have. Then 
try some of the most promising “ novelties,” the 
seeds of which do not cost too much money. 
Bedding Plants. —One of the mistakes of garden¬ 
ing is putting out the soft-wooded plants used for 
summer decoration too early. The long, cold rains, 
which we always have in the spring, give them a 
set back,” from which they are slow to recover. 
Climbers. —Have a plenty of them. Let them hang 
about porticos, over fences, along wire screens, 
and then where it will be appropriate, put up cedar 
ar locust supports for them. Most of the annual 
ones are fine when fairly started ; all the Morning . 
Glories, not forgetting the new mottled ones, 
several Gourds, Cypress Vine, Thunbergias,Canary- 
bird Flower, and many others, may be used witli 
good effect. The various new varieties of Clematis 
are splendid; Climbing Roses, Honeysuckles, 
Akebia, and a host of others, may be had at the 
nurseries, and our own woods furnish the charming 
“ Virginia Creeper,” (American Woodbine), tire 
Wax-work, ( Celastrus ,) Moonseed, and others. 
Boses. —Give them good, well-drained soil, and 
be prepared to fight insects. The Chinas and Teas 
bloom all summer. The Remontants, (also called 
Hybrid Perpetuals,) bloom in spring, and sparingly 
in autumn, and then there are the old-fashioned 
June Roses, which give a wealth of unsurpassed 
bloom, and are done with it. The Chinas and Teas 
may be bought started in pots; the others should 
be dormant when planted, to get the best results. 
Green-lioutie anil Window Plants. 
Warmer days will allow of more free ventilation. 
Sudden changes will occur, and during the cold, 
damp spells, fire heat will sometimes be needed. 
Propagation of plants for out-of-door planting 
should be pushed, as with the increasing power of 
the sun this now becomes much more difficult. 
Pot off plants, using light, rich soil, as fast as 
they are fairly rooted in the cutting bench. 
Half-hardy Plants , Carnations and Roses, may 
be planted out as soon as the soil can be prepared. 
Seeds. —Sow the tender Annuals in boxes, to 
get strong plants ready for the open ground. 
Dahlias. —Start, by placing in heat. Cut otf the 
sprouts with a bit of root, and pot. Rare sorts 
may be propagated from cuttings of the shoots. 
Tuberoses, for out-of-door blooming, should be 
potted and started in heat the last of the month. 
Insects flourish in these spring days, aud fumiga¬ 
tion with tobacco stems aud other means of pre¬ 
vention and destruction must be attended to. 
Water will be needed more frequently now. Do 
not let growing plants suffer for the lack of it. 
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16— Cotswold Pam . $200 00 
17— Cotswold Pam .$200 00 
19— Cotswold Pam .$100 00 
20— Cotswold Ewe . $100 00 
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25— Black Spanish Fowls, one Pair .$25 00 
26— Brahmas, Light, one Pair .$15 00 
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.30 -Garden Seeds for a Family (40 kinds ). .$5 00 
31— Flower Seeds for a Family (1(10 kinds).. .$5 00 
32— Nursery Stock (any kinds desired) .$20 00 
33— Set of Field Croquet .$8 00 
34— Sewing Machine (Wheeler it Wilson).. $,15 00 
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36 — Sewing Machine (Boice Machine Co.) ..$GO 00 
37— Sewing Machine (Florence). .$03 00 
38— Sewing Machine (Singer's Tailoring) ,.$S0 00 
39— Sewing Machine (Willcoxdc Gibbs) .$55 00 
40— Sewing Machine (Finlde As Lyon) .$60 00 
41— Washing Machine (Doty's) .$14 00 
42— Clothes Wringer (Best—Universal) . $10 00 
43 — Ten Set (Navi's best Silver Plated) .$50 00 
44 —Castor and Fruit Basket (do. do.) _$30 00 
45 — Ice or Water Pitcher (do. do.) ...$18 00 
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48— One Bozen Dining Forks (do. do.) _$12 00 
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60— Tool Chest (Patterson Bros.) .$44 50 
61— Case of Mathematical Instruments .$9 00 
62— Case of Mathematical Instruments .$15 00 
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65— Barometer (Woodruff's Mercurial) _$12 00 
66 — Barometer (Woodruff's Mercurial) .$1S 00 
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