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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
December 19. 
hurdles do to keep out the frost from Potatoes, forced in a 
hotbed? and will it do to sow Radishes on the top of them? 
! —R. S.” 
[You may plant “ Flukes,” or any other kind of Potatoes, 
any time in autumn or winter, after the end of October, 
if the weather is open, and the ground neither frozen, 
nor covered with snow. Plant whole, middle-sized Po¬ 
tatoes—that is, Potatoes weighing from two, to two-and- 
a-half ounces,—and plant them by the dibble, eight 
. inches deep. Planting at this season is not advisable 
i if the soil is heavy, nor if the seed has to be covered 
by means of the plough. The moisture in the heavy soil, 
and the imperfect covering given by the plough, are 
liable to permit the entrance of frost to the sets. Plant 
your Potatoes in rows, two feet apart, and fifteen inches 
apart in the rows. Straw hurdles, well-projecting all round 
the frames, will sufficiently exclude frost from Potatoes 
forcing within side. Radishes will not do sown among 
forcing Potatoes; the latter overshadow them.] 
TRUFFLE CULTURE—FISH IN STEWS—FATTING 
POULTRY. 
“ I am very desirous of being informed if the cultivation 
of the truffle has ever been attempted, and with what suc¬ 
cess. Perhaps some of your correspondents will be able to 
give this information, if you will be so obliging as to men¬ 
tion the subject in the pages of The Cottage Gardener. 
May I also call your attention to a subject on which I have 
little doubt some of your correspondents could give valuable 
hints. I allude to the management of fish in slews for the 
supply of the table. I believe it is generally considered that 
the fresh-water fish might form a more important part of 
our diet than they do at present, if attention were directed 
to their management; but, at all events, they are most ac¬ 
ceptable additions to the delicacies of the table in country 
mansions ; and as the superintendence of the fish-pond, or 
stew, frequently devolves upon the gardener, or his assist¬ 
ants, I think some notice of the subject might not be out of 
place in your journal. My third and last query relates to 
the fattening of chicken for the table. There is a method 
pursued at Brighton, by which the chicken are quickly and 
effectually fattened, without sacrificing the delicacy of the 
tlesh, as is too often the case elsewhere. Perhaps some of 
your readers could communicate the recipe.—A Subscriber.” 
[We shall be obliged by any one furnishing us with in¬ 
formation to these queries.] 
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SHEET SQUARES. CROWN SQUARES. 
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TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Forcing Rhubarb (G . R.). —You do not say whether you can have 
any heat from the engine boiler; if you can have a flow and return pipe 
from that boiler, that would give you enough heat. The place, five yards 
by four yards, would be a famous place for forcing both Rhubarb and 
Sea-kale, as well as Mushrooms. It would only require to have a close- 
boarded roof over it to exclude all light. Wc cannot give advice without 
lull information of what you intend. Situated as you are, you should 
buy The Cottage Gardeners ’ Dictiofiary . 
Flower-Garden Plan (C. M. Partridge).—We never furnish plans. 
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Impoverished Soil (A Northumbrian). —If you will tell us the 
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Name of Plant (J. C.). —We received your specimen. It is, we 
think, Lycopodium rupestre. It is certainly a Lycopodium, and not a 
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