... 'paes are ready, and the .peas are certainiy thel' best . substitute that could follow .:asparagus. . c They wll hardly do so very.eolosely on the asparagus this season, ,but 'before 'the endr of June .+he peas. wvill 'be plentiful enough,, as; the ...

... thereof is to be a tall silver epergne c with bouquets of primroses conneetsd by long Rlz trails of a green creeper and asparagus fern. I 3 The tablecloth is of pale yellow linen and the N dinner napkins ea siuite (and, by the way, c coloured linen t ...

... anxious to use the appliances cheapest to begin with and most profit- able in the end. There are some marine plants, such as asparagus and seakale, which grow in sea sand, and I believe are indigenous to this material, but I have never seen either attain a ...

... RURAL NOTES. [BY J. X-U U, HUNTLEY, GLOUOESTER- SHIRE.] b, d FORCING ASPARAGUS. i I have frequently cut asparagus in December f, and at Christmas, but the appliances must be si e- good to produce it then. As the New Year a it progresses, however, forcing ...

... rollicking lamnbs. Early asparagus paragrapherk are wnrnod tllat ny colnmnullicatifio received from Iblem tllis sea sofn will be handed over to tie police. We deem it liecessary to make this ?? becamse we saw simoe asparagus in a shop window on cur way ...

... costs only of the summons 'Y on a charge of assaulting an under waiter whom he summarily ejected from the club for serving asparagus with his fingers, On Saturday at Birmingham Police-court a s prisoner, upon receiving two months' impri- i; sonment for ...

... Costly' pale purple orchids were mingled with sprays of lilac. - Long, variegated foliage leaves' and ' the raeful Po asparagus ferns gave aflatteriii F 3inieh to the mass s of mauve colouring. The batket was tied with Ba pale' niauve 'ribbons. It was ...

... also great influence upon the colour of the flowers, which, if grown twvav from the sun, are usually pale and veak. FoRcING ASPARAGUS. This favourite vegetable is one of the easiest of all roots to force. It may be put in During December and January, and ...

... th, andthis season's teas of the choicest blendings; bE while preserved pine-apples and (strangest of all) out preserved asparagus are provided to give l eat a reliah to the Christmas meal. As the ole establishlment is - conducted:,-.on the co- Ian operative ...

... traveillttg sleek Ela- moroceneshirs Constabulary, silver plate ; Ely a{itatioain of thle 1iPrimrse 'League, linetitig a 1Ossli, asparagus tongs, cud match-bus ; parishioners a of Lsekwittm, slver Lists knives endl fork's'L tervaints at twondlai~sst, surver gong; ...

... bacon, fat roast pork, and other succulent dishes of a kindred nature he recommends. Of vegetables he allows cabbages, asparagus, spinach, and the leguminous sorts such as peass and beans of various descriptions. Beer, champagne, and all heavy wines ...

... Vivian stands; His back towards his copperworks k And his face towards the sands.2 In our solicitude for the cuckoo and early asparagus we quite forgot the swallow; there- fore, Mr.- E. Rice Morgan, of Morliston, has the ?? may interest your readers to know ...