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TPIE COTTAGE GAKDENEU. 
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tervenilig, wliicli would be more hurtful to the jdants 
liere than most otliers, as tliey would of necessity he 
more e.Kposed, and many of them, being shallow-rooted, 
would he liable to he drawn out by tlie frost; and as 
we suppose the rockery was tlioroughly cleaned up in ! 
autumn, there ought not to be much now to do ; at tlie i 
same time, do not forget tliat an air of neatness ought | 
to pervade every department, which, in the absence of | 
llowers, does much to compensate for them ; and all ) 
walks, turf, and spare places, ought to he frequently 1 
swept, or otherwise cleared ; and a few cheerful ever- [ 
greens, in their proper places, gives an air of neatness, | 
all the more necessary at this season when lloral 
attractions are hut few and confined in doors. 
A SELECT LIST OF GAKDEN SEEDS. 
Aspar.vgus. —This is not often sown hy small gar¬ 
deners, but when it is, the ordinary Battersea is pre- 
I'erred to the Qiant. 
Beans.— Broad Windsor and Long Pod, both good. , 
Beet.— Dwarf-topped crimson, or Blood. White,— 
This is not much used in small families. i 
IfoREGOLE. —Dwarf green curled,, or curled Kale, good 
in early spring. Buda Kale , very hardy. 
Brussees Sprouts.— Imported seed. This is the most 
useful winter vegetable grown. 
Buocoi.t.— Sprouting, for hardihoood. Portsmouth,, 
large, late, pale kind. Walcheren, for early winter. ! 
Cape, for autumn use. Chappel's Creani, for mid-winter. 
CAnBAGE.— Fulham, and Matchless, both are good, i 
B,ed Dutch, for pickling. Drumhead, for cattle i'eeding. 
Tronchuda; ribs of leaves used as Sea-kale. 
Chou he Milan.— A delicate variety of Borecole. 
Carrots.— Earlg Horn and Long Orange. The Horn, 
best Carrot for table, but smaller than the other. 
Cauliflower.— Fjarly. This endeavour to have true. 
Celery.— Dwarf lied and Orgstal i]lnte A little 
of both advisable, the red usually standing the winter 
best. 
Cress.— The Plain, for small salading. American, 
used in a more advanced state. 
Cucumber.— Cuthill's Blach Spine and Sion House, 
either very good for frame. Long Ridge, for growing 
out-of-doors. 
Endive.— Whitecurled,fQX general winter use. Ba¬ 
tavian, for spring. 
Garlic.— Used medicinally occasionally. 
Jerusalem Artichokes.— Not much grown in small 
gardens. 
Kidney Beans. — Scarlet Runner. Only one variety 
of this good. Dwarf. — Fulmer's Early Forcing. Dun- 
coloured and lAver coloured, for good bearing. 
Leeks.— Flag, for ordinary purposes. 
Lbttuce.-^ 7>roini Goss, for all seasons. White Goss, 
for summer. Ihumhead Gabbage, for summer. Ham¬ 
mersmith Hardy, for standing winter. 
Melon. — Beechwood and Munroe, green-fleshed. 
Mustard.— White, for small salading. 
Onion.— White Globe and James's Keeping, hoih for 
general crop. Silver-slcinned, for winter and pickling. 
IkvRsLEY.—Best garnishing table-curled. 
ihvRSNip .—Jersey Marrow. 
Bea. — Warner's Emperor, for early crop. Scimitar, 
and No. 1. Ghampion of England, for general summer 
cropping and good eating. 
Botato. — Early Ashdeaved, for frame and very early 
use. Early Shaw, for good cropper. Regent, for good 
(puility. La,pstone, or Fluke, said to be less diseased 
than others. 
Radish.— Short Top, for general spring use. Red 
Turnip and W kite Turnip, for summer and autumn use. 
11 uuRARB.— Myalt's T ictoria, best for general piuqioses. 
Halsafy and Hcorzonera. —Only occasionally used. 
y.AvoY.—One kind jilenty, say Drumhead. 
Sea-kale. —Only one variety known. 
Shallot.— Used in cooking. 
Spinach. — Round, for summer. Prickly, sow in 
autumn for winter. 
Turnip. —Early Snowball, for summer. Early Slone, 
for winter use. 
'.ro.MATo. —Gommon Red, mostly used. 
Vegetable ^Iarbow. —Gommon Long, most in use. 
SWEET HERBS LIKELY TO BE WANTED. 
Basil.—U sed in soups, &c., an annual. 
Fennel. —A perennial. 
Hyssop. —A perennial. 
Marjoram (Sweet).—An annual. 
Sage. —A perennial, propagates by slips. 
Thy.aie. —A perennial, projiagates by slips. 
Mint (Spear).—For culinary purposes. 
L.wender. —A perennial, seeds or slips. 
A SHORT SELECTION OF FRUITS. 
Apples. — Hawthornden and Keswick for early 
kitchen use. Well'ington, Barcelona Pearmain, and 
French Grab, for later use. Kerry Pipjnn, Ribstone, 
Gravensteine. King Pippin, Golden Knob, and Nonpareil, 
for table purposes. 
Apricots. — Mooipark, where it will succeed; where 
not, try Orange and Brussels. 
Currant. —Black Gommon and Black Naples, both 
good. Red, for tarts in season, and preserving. White, 
for table use. 
Cherry. —May Duke, for early use. Black Heart 
and Tartarian, both good. Bigarreau, large pale- 
coloured. Elton, for late table jmrposes. Flemish, for 
preserving. Morello, for preserving and keeping late. 
Gooseberry. —Early Yellow Rough, soonest ripe. 
Warrington, for jireserving. Whitesmith, for using 
green. Turkey Red, or Gharnpagne, for table Green- 
Gage, also good at table. 
Grape. — White Muscadine and Black Gluster, for 
: walls. Black Hambro', White Muscat, and White 
Sweet Water, for hot-houses. Black St. Peters, for hot¬ 
houses for late use. 
Nectarines. — Elruge, good on walls generally. 
White, good bearer. N^ewington, for late use. 
Beach. —Royal George, for general use the best. 
Oalande, a good Beach, pale, and rather delicate. 
Bear. — Jargonelle and Green Ghissel, for early 
use. Williams' Bon Ghretien, for use in September. 
Marie Louise and Duchess JAngouleme, for October 
use. Ashdown Park, a good bearer, for November. 
Beurre Diel, Beurre Ranee, Easter Beurre, and Ne Plus 
Meuris. These and several others are good during the 
winter months. 
\ Blum. — Green-Gage, best in flavour. Orleans, for 
I good bearing and cooking. Afagnuin Bonum, for pre¬ 
serving. Goliah, for size and hardihood. Damson, for 
peculiar flavour. 
I Biasprerry. — Fastoljf’, for general bearing. While, 
■ or Yellow, for table. Autumn-bearing, comes into use 
i in September, and continues all the autumn. 
I Strawberry. — Keens' Seedling is, unquestionably, the 
I best yet for general use. British Queen, for flavour, 
I where it will succeed. Elton, for late use. Alpine, for 
} late bearing. Hautbois for peculiar flavour, 
j J. Robson. 
NOTES FROM BARIS. 
Though horticulture round Paris, and, perhaps, on the 
I continent generally, is not so advanced as it is in England, 
j in respect to the tr<!atment of plants, yet there are some 
I kinds which are better understood, or receive more attention 
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