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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
June 20. 
Algeria become a Granary for France. — Algeria is 
able to feed an indigenous population whose alimentation is 
almost entirely wheat. She furnishes bread to the Euro¬ 
pean population and to the army. Since the war in the 
East she has exported to our troops enormous quantities 
of grain and flour. Its surplus, meantime, has doubled 
each year since 1853. In 1853, she sent us two millions 
of hectolitres; in 1854, she gave us four millions; this 
year, according to all appearances, she will supply us with 
eight millions of hectolitres. The Arabs, in fact, encouraged 
by the high price of produce, have sowed on a scale more 
and more vast—an excellent proceeding in more than one 
ppint of view, and notably to the interest of colonial secu¬ 
rity. A tribe awaiting the produce of its seed thinks little 
about insurrection, and the natives are thus drawn towards 
us by the feeling that with them the thirst of gain most 
efficaciously overcomes religious scruples and the spirit of 
independence. Let these figures and facts be well con¬ 
sidered, and it will soon be seen that Algeria, anciently the 
granary of abundance to the Romans, will re-assure this 
metropolis against all chance of scarcity. We may con¬ 
gratulate ourselves on being the peaceful possessors op 
those rich countries, whose antique symbol, let it not be for¬ 
gotten, was a stalk of corn.— Conslitutionnel. 
New Potatoes. —There was raised, on Saturday, .June 2, 
from the north-west corner of Mr. Robert Walker’s garden, 
Helensburg, N. B., a quantity of new Potatoes of the ash¬ 
leaved kidney description. They measured generally about 
three inches in length, were of proportionable thickness, and 
altogether gave evidence that his general crop will be as 
remarkable for excellence as earliness .—Scottish Guardian. 
GARDENING FOR THE MANY.—JULY. 
KITCHEN GARDEN. 
General Remarks. —Notwithstanding the fine showers 
we had in May, and in the early part of June, and up 
to the period at which J write (the 20th), there has been 
an unusual absence of warm sunshine, so that we must 
still admit the season to he “ a late one,” we have, 
however, sufficient promise that it will eventually be a 
fruitful one; that the kitchen gardener, as well as 
others, may hope to receive as large an amount of pro¬ 
duce from his various quarters as he usually gets in the 
best seasons. There are some failing crops, and some 
that do not promise well. Among the failing ones, 
Carrots are thin in many places, while Asparagus has 
not been so good this year as at some former periods. 
Cauliflowers, in general, are good, and this season some ! 
very good heads came into use before the latest Brocoli 
was over, which is the first season that I have seen it do i 
so in the same garden. Peas give promise to be good; j 
and, so far, the Potatoes seem free from blight; as those 
in frames have never shown any symptoms of it, that I 
am aware of. Some little difficulty has been experienced 
in getting small, delicate seeds to vegetate in the open 
ground this cold season, as, for instance, Basil, which, 
being a delicate plant, ought never to be sown in the 
open ground before the middle of May. Hardy seeds 
have germinated well, and, in general, they look healthy. 
The accounts of hardy fruits are contradictory, yet, on the 
whole, good; Bed Currants and Gooseberries being 
plentiful; and Apples, Plums, and Cherries tolerably 
good, especially the latter. Apples are blighted in 
certain places; but not to any great extent. Pears are 
various—some kinds good, others middling, and some 
bad. Blaclt Currants are not so plentiful as they 
promised at one time, but enough remains for a crop; 
while Strawberries and Raspberries are both good, but 
late; scarcely any of either showing any symptoms of 
colouring yet, yet I write at Midsummer. Wall-fruit 
plentiful, except Figs, which are not so abundant as was 
expected a month ago. Other minor crops are the same 
as in the average of seasons. 
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a. -This being all Strawberries and Raspberries, little 
is wanted here except taking care to remove the 
runners of the former, and some of the suckers of 
the latter, if they are not likely to be wanted; but if 
Strawberry plants are wanted for any purpose, allow a 
few of the strongest runners to ramble over the ground 
adjoining the outside row, and peg them down into 
pots at once, otherwise into the ground, after having 
first stirred it to receive them. This must be done 
by the first of the month, if not before. Gathering 
the fruit carefully, and not injuring the principal 
plants by any rough treatment, must be insisted on 
by all who have access to the Strawberry beds. 
The junior members of a family sometimes do much 
mischief that way, by trampling on and breaking 
the crowns of the plants. Where the garden is in 
an exposed place, protection from birds, by netting,' 
must be adopted, together with such contrivances, 
in the way of scare-crows, &c., as may seem advis¬ 
able. 
b -As the Potatoes are dug up, the vacant ground 
may be dug over, and Turnips sown for winter- use. 
The Early Stone is as good as any; but there is 
the Orange Jelly, and many others. It is better 
frequently to sow a little, rather than wait for the 
whole being vacant. Reserve a few Potatoes for 
seed, unless you have a chance to obtain them else- 
