Ihe RURAL NEW-VORKER 
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Notes from a Maryland Garden 
I made Hit* Isisi sowing of spinach to¬ 
day, September 2G. This is intended to 
gel just ]avge enough to winter and to 
answer for the early Spring cutting. I 
find that this late Fall sowing stands as 
long in Spring ns the Spring-sown seed, 
and we have more time in the Fall to put 
the soil in fine order than in tin* Spring. 
Then the seeds have now a month to ger¬ 
minate and grow, for we rarely have 
killing frost before the last week in Oc¬ 
tober, though this Fall the September 
nights are getting cool, the mercury be¬ 
ing down to •”>(» this morning. 
The bulbs, too. are in the ground, with 
I he exception of the Paper White Nar¬ 
cissus and the white Roman hyacinths. 
These are reputed tender, but the main 
trouble arises from the fact that they 
grow right off if planted while the soil is 
warm, and then are sure to get injured. 
Roman hyacinths planted now would try 
to bloom before Christmas, But wait till 
the soil is cold and these bulbs will re¬ 
main dormant till Spring. 
As is usual in all sersons of plentiful 
moisture, the corn crop is not so heavy 
as the growth indicated. This crop is al- 
' ways overestimated in seasons like this 
one, and underestimated in droughty sea¬ 
sons. In faet, there has been an un¬ 
usual luxuriance of growth in nearly all 
plants. 
Years ago at this time in the Autumn 
one could see long lines of'crows flying by 
many thousands from their depredations 
in the cornfields to ll.ei> roosts in the for¬ 
est. But for years past I have not seen a 
crow. About six years ago there was an 
epidemic among them and the ground 
Under their roosts was covered with thou¬ 
sands of dead crows. There may be a 
few left here, but I have seen none in five 
years. Are they still plentiful north¬ 
ward? The crow did some good, but also 
it lot of mischief, and if he has disap¬ 
peared for good there will be no lamenta¬ 
tions. Sin<y the more strict enforcement 
of the game laws, both Stale and nn- 
tionnl, tlie migratory birds have increased 
in number. Everyone must now buy a 
license to hunt, and that, too. has had a 
good, effect on the birds, for years ago 
every boy large enough to tote a gnu was 
in the field shooting the little birds that 
are not classed as game. There is one 
game law in this State which seems sim¬ 
ply for the benefit of gunners. That is ! 
the closed season for cotton-tailed hares, 
or rabbits. The prolific nuisances in¬ 
crease too fast where there is no close 
season for them. Why protect an animal 
that girdles young trees in Winter and 
feeds on one’s cabbage plants and other 
things? Then in Maryland and other 
Slates the turkey buzzard is absolutely 
protected, while lie dyvours the unburied 
carcasses and then scatters hog cholera 
over the neighborhood. I once traced an 
outbreak that cost me T. _ > pigs to the buz¬ 
zards. But the buzzard can show tho air 
men stunts in gliding to which they have 
not attained, and probably never will. 
It seems necessary for me to state 
again that I am not growing anything to 
sell, and that whatever 1 may write about 
any plant is not written in order to get a 
free advertisement for its sale. An in¬ 
quirer in Pennsylvania can gei a crape 
myrtle from any first-class seed house in 
Philadelphia, but there is not much 
chance for it to live through the Winter 
in Fayette County tin'ess wrapped up as 
close as we wrap oleanders here. My 
oleander bush was well wrapped with 
dead ('anna leaves last Winter, but was 
considerably frozen back. It has made a 
very rank growth this Summer, but this 
sappy growth will l><- harder to save than 
the shorter growth of last year. 
I should have mentioned earlier what I 
consider a most desirable turnip, and one 
that never gets pithy after lifting. This 
is the large White French or Rock tur¬ 
nip. It is of the rutabaga class, and 
needs to be sown early in July. I got 
some of the seed this year for the first 
time in many years, and they are making 
a splendid growth. Make a note of this 
for next Summer. w. f. masset. 
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house in the dead of night?" Prisoner: 
“Why. your honor, the other time you 
reproached me for stealing in broad day¬ 
light. Ain’t I to be allowed to work at 
all?” Del mb Free Press. 
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