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If you desire to form a new lawn, sow as early as the soil can be plowed and well 
pulverized, and seed down with Buist’s Evergreen Lawn Grass. It will make a very 
handsome appearance in sixty days, and form a fine sod by July. There is no seed sold 
in which there is so much deception as Lawn Grass; therefore purchase Burst’s Ever¬ 
green, which is guaranteed to please you. 
The above remarks apply only to an early Spring; and it is frequently the case that 
March work is deferred until April, on account of the lateness of the season; but if the 
weather is at all favorable, follow them. To secure early crops it is worth a venture. If 
you fail, you have ample time to re-seed. 
The Flower Garden —Do not neglect your lawn. If not attended to before, complete 
it now. Rake off all dead grass and old leaves, and give it a top-dressing of Buist’s 
Lawn Enricher, about 400 pounds to the acre. Beds planted with Hyacinths, Tulips, etc., 
may now have their covering shaken up and on warm days taken off entirely, re-covering 
them only on the possibility of a cold spell. Prepare vacant beds for bedding plants by 
deep culture, moderately enriched with manure; spade them up and leave them in this 
condition until the time for planting; change, if possible, the arrangement of your flower 
beds from last year, giving your garden a more diversified and better appearance; 
remove the straw coverings from roses and other plants, finish all pruning, and make a 
general clearing up for Spring operations. 
APRIL 
This is really the gardening month of the North. Time lost now cannot be recovered. 
If the important hints suggested in the previous month’s operations have been taken 
advantage of, you are now ready for active duty, and have perfected your plans for the 
season. Those whose situations were favorable, and started their hot-beds in February, 
should have fine plants now ready for planting out from the cold frame; if well hardened 
off and weather settled, they will start and grow without a check. Transplanting to the 
open ground will vary with the locality. Cabbage, for instance, is not affected by cool 
nights, while Tomatoes and other tender plants would perish. While giving general 
instructions for culture, we can lay down no definite rule for exact time of planting 
and sowing, owing to the changeable seasons. What was recommended for March in a 
late season should be deferred until April. What may now be planted in light soil had 
better be deferred to a later period, on cold, heavy ground. A general clearing up, 
manuring and dressing the beds of Asparagus, Rhubarb, and other permanent roots and 
plants, if not already done, should have early attention this month. In all cases, when it 
is possible, use a spading fork around the roots in preference to a spade, “and remember 
it is useless to expect good crops from barren soil.” Plenty of manure and muscle are 
the important levers required in raising profitable crops after sowing Buist’s Seeds. The 
following varieties of seeds are suitable for present planting: 
Beet —Crosby’s Egyptian, Early Eclipse, Buist’s Extra Early, Detroit Blood Turnip, 
and do not overlook Buist’s Perfect Model. Those who have never raised the Swiss 
Chard we advise to try it this season; this variety may truly be called Cut and Come 
Again.” The leaf stalks are prepared similar to Asparagus, and by many it is greatly 
preferred—in fact, it is a delightful dish. 
Beans—Bush, or Snap-Shorts, in sheltered situations. Sow, about the middle of 
the month, Stringless Green Pod, Bountiful, Buist’s Prolific Stringless, Best of All 
Stringless Wax, Improved Golden Wax. The first three are the earliest and most pro¬ 
ductive of the green-podded varieties; but the Wax beans, with their beautiful golden 
stringless pods, are decidedly preferable, and besides the Best of All Stringless Wax are 
earlier than any other variety, producing pods in favorable weather in less than six weeks 
from time of planting, and are not liable to rust. 
Cauliflower Plants— Transplant from frames. Although they are more successfully 
grown in forcing beds or frames, yet in many localities where the atmosphere is moist, 
they can be cultivated successfully as a garden crop. The most desirable varieties are tie 
Early Erfurt, Early Snowball and Danish Dry Weather. 
Cabbage— Sow Buist’s Improved Drumhead and Flat Dutch. These are the finest 
stocks of late Cabbage grown, and are always sure to produce fine large heads. They 
