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ebican GAB^ 
the for blanching. In a month 07" 
-ABTIOSOKE. the inner leaves are nicely 
the GBBBN Avtid'o'^® 1““^ j ^,i,en they are said to make a very pai^jH 
Altbough the Green « jt s ab]. 
very rarely seen o . ^ very pov 
"iw. l"Tort e™yg..*"“’‘ 
,,g,»t.le, .«« «'»» ,„i „,.m« 5“ 
Prequent Tillage is as es 
SEASONABLE HINTS. 
in the garden market gardeners 
bIXr not’seldom, more 
crops in a single week than ma j ^ 
gives to his Corn and Potatoes 
In this connection it should he 
mind that with shallow-rooted plant, d^^^l 
cultivation must he avoided. In ’ 
cultivators and harrows should 
stead of deep-running plows; 
garden,prong-hoesandrakes,mstead^hoes^ 
Shallow CuUivation at short mte 
one of the most efficient means to connter- 
halanoe the effects of drought. The coat of 
loose soil which is therehy spread over- the 
roots serves as an excellent mulch, as eflect- 
ive nearly as a covering of straw. Careln 
experiments made at the Missouri Agricult- 
m-al College, in this regard, leave no donht , 
in this matter, and lead Professor Sanhorn | 
to state that “ tillage, to conserve moisture, 
must he shallow, not over two inches in 
depth, the aim being to get a thin layer of 
dry surface soil that -vvill act as a non¬ 
conductor of moistm-e between the dry air 
above and the moist surface below. Hence, 
deep tillage of surface-rooted crops, like 
Corn, is an erroneous practice, founded in 
erroneous views. Plowing out Corn involves 
too deep tillage in dry weather, but adds to 
the miscliief by severing the roots of Corn 
needed at such times. Our double-shovel 
plows work too deeply. Our true policy in 
drought is frequent and shallow tillage.” 
Assisting Growing Crops .—It is sometimes 
observed that in ground well enriched with 
stable manure at the time of planting, the 
crops do not make as vigorous growth as 
might be expected. The principal cause of 
this is that the fertilizers applied are not yet 
in an available condition; they are in too 
crude a state to beeome absorbed by the ilne 
feeding roots of the plants. 
Young plants, as well as young anfmals, 
require their food in the most digestible 
form. You may feed a baby to death with 
solid food, but if you wish to nourish it, you 
must give it milk. It is similar with veget¬ 
ables ; a young plant may starve while sur¬ 
rounded with crude, dry manure, while a 
fraction of it in solution would give nourish¬ 
ment and life. An occasional dose of liquid 
manure acts like magic upon weak plants. 
EillrSidePlanting.—In gardens with sloping 
gi’ounds the rows run frequently parallel 
with the crest of the hill, so as to make them 
as level as possible. This plan, although it 
affords easier cultivation, especially when 
horses arc employed, is very defective in 
that it subjects the ground to more danger 
from water than when the rows follow the 
slope 6f the hill. In tho latter case the 
water that falls during a heavy shower is 
distributed and carried down tho hill in a 
great many small channels, while in tho 
other it is held back in tho furrows until tho 
ridges become insufficient to hold it buck. 
Tho entire bulk of water thus accumulated 
breaks through, rushes down tho slope to tho 
serious damage of tho crops, washing away 
the most valuable portions of tho soil? 
f^ttddemandejwybttle^-^ 
attention afte>- 
in five 
ImlrS^es to be replanted but once 
is finite ^*ine:T- 
giowing overgrown Bull 
sembles sbghtlj a i„g flve or six 
Thistle, the flower-stalks^J^ow^ „ 
feet tall. The flon ‘ ijcing the part 
important part o^t^^^ie p ^ 
“ small Pine- 
‘ bottom,”.of the 
used for food. - „„ nf a ' 
somewhat of the appearance o^.^. 
apple. Tfiereceptacle,^,^^^^^;^^^^^,^.^^^ 
flower-head, with parts 
scales that inclose e 
is prized by many persons. 
The Ai'tichoko succeeds 
best in a deep, 
THE GREEN GLOBE ARTICHOKE. 
rich, rather moist, peaty soil, though almost 
any rich garden soil will grow it success¬ 
fully. The plants may be grown from seed 
by starting them early in the liot-bed; but 
a better way is to procure suckers from 
an old bed, and set these out in tho place 
where they are to remain. Old plants thiw 
out suckers from their main root, just below 
tho surface of the ground. Those may bo 
removed by cutting them off with a small 
section of tho old root, and if sot out will 
grow and make fine plants tho first season 
many of which will form llowcr-hoads. When succooclod in 
grown from seed, tho varieties do not al¬ 
ways come true, and it takes a year longer 
for the plant to form tho llowor-hoads. 
Tho Artichoke needs no winter protection 
ra\f , 
cooked; blanching, however, is “J 
practiced only on old plants that are 
needed. The leaves are cut off in 
about inches above the grou^' 
which causes the plants to throw up a gro^?’ 
pf young and tender leaves, which 
blanched in autumn. 
The Artichoke begins to form its heads • 
the latter part of summer, and continues to J** 
go nntil frosts. It is said that if the unde! 
veloped floxver-heads are cut late in the fafl" 
and their stems placed in moist sand, thej 
will remain fresh and fit for use until Jae. 
uary or longer. “ Elm.” 
POULTRY MANURE. 
From my long experience in gardening, 1 
find nothing more essential to success than 
a plentiful supply of manure. Poultry ma¬ 
nure especially is very valuable, but garden- 
ers do not seem to appreciate it sufSciently. 
It is identical in action with guano, ornearly 
so, being very rich in ammonia, and there¬ 
fore a very powerful plant stimulant. 
The droppings of hens, turkeys, and geese 
should bo carefully saved and preserved. 
Do not think that because the quantity is 
small it is not worth the trouble of colleet-' 
ing. Professor Norton says: 
“ Three or four hundred pounds of such 
manure, that has not been exposed to rain or 
sun, is ecpial in value to from fourteen to 
eighteen loads of stable manure.” 
It should be composted with muck, turf, 
decayed leaves, or other absorbents, kept 
dry, stored in barrels, reduced to a powder, 
and applied in the hill; or it may be used as 
a top-dressing. 
I carefully save all I can in this way, and 
apply it to all garden vegetables. A handful 
or two worked in a hill of Tomatoes, Cabbage, 
Cucumbers, or any vegetables, in fact, will 
give them such a vigorous start that the 
effect vvill be visible throughout the season. 
Such compost mixed in the soil, even after 
tho Tomato plants are set out, will produce 
ripie fruit ten days earlier than three times 
the quantity' of any other fertilizer I s'® 
acquainted with. Or it may be dissolved m 
water, in a hogshead, and used for watering 
tho plants. In solution it acts even more 
powerfully' than in the dry' state. 
Thos. B. Baikd. 
tos, . 
... , .noeossary to cover tho bod 
with straw or leaves ,to tho depth of six or 
eight mchos. The heart of tho plant shouh 
not bo covored too deeply, or it will cause it 
to smother. It is best to put the Ihi 
Iho Fvcncli catalogues 
varieties of Artichoke. Our see 
offer but tho 0110 sliown in tho 
RAISING OAULIPLOWERS. 
A correspoiidoiit of the A’. 1 . 
-iccoodod in raising splendid Cauhl o^ 
last sonsoii, gives his method as follo'xs-^ 
spaded very' deeply' a deep, rich P’*' |j„ 
ground, inclining to moisture, and 
all the rich old rpttod inamiro ^ * ,{ter 
use. Tho plants wore sot out May 
lieiiig wiiitorod in cold frames. M 
ionnll.V P®"?, 
woalhor becaino dry', I ocoasiou*—.' 
on each plant a little diluted i,,) to 
^Tbey 
HO that by late siiniinor tho lioad® 
or form, and finer heads I never saw 
..■> 11.1H1 iKiui - -- . -weftt^’®’^' 
I'oaded successively until freezing 
As soon as tho white flower-buds, 0 
allowed, tho loaves w'cro imroodia <> 
over tliom and loosely tied, thus 
tlio milk-white color and *®”. ^.551?'’ 
Gauli [lowers delight in a deep, rio 
'lame several 
I'o. Gm’HoodsmoiiuNiiallv 
