... cool the system—when fresh cut, course. Lettuce is not only cooling, but produces sleep, especially if the stalk is eaten. Asparagus purifies the blood, and especially acts the kidneys. Peas, broad beans,and haricots are positively strengthening, and contain ...

... CFT There are many ways of cooking celery, and it is de. ficion: cooked as asparagus, eaten hot as a vegetalle, or when cold as a salad with a French sauce. Ever body knows it is nnexcelled as an uncecked salad, and is never more than when eaten only ...

... which are and good. What would ear readers think grouse soup, after the twelfth of August, with green peas te thicken ? Asparagus soup, too, made from the delicate tops of the plants, Scottish and good. Scotch coliops are national, and sheep's head broth ...

... really serviceable size accordingly. No sale should applied to luivdy-planted Asparagus, as there is a risk of injury to the broken roots. Now is good time to sow Asparagus seed. plants may be cither raised where they are to remain, the beds being prepared ...

... are solid throughout, and whether Celery keep? well or not depends a good deal on this point.— Garden Work. Asparagus and its Culture. Asparagus is vege :able, or esculent, that, though universally esteemed and grown, or attempted to be grown, in nearly ...

... below the always transplant our Asparagus during moist weather, as a dry atmosphere checks the growth severely, and the sooner the are rep: lanted after being taken up the better. The desire always is to have Asparagus as ible, and everything is given ...

... tables centuries before the Christian era, and one of the noble families of Rome derived its name from this plant. Spinach, asparagus, and celery have been cultivated and eaten among the Eastern nations for thousands of years. Radishes were known and grown ...

... acid and very fugitive essential oil; that of the tamarind from mixture of citric, malic, and tartaric acid?; the Havour of asparagus from aspartic acid, found also the foot of the marshmallow; and that of thccucuinb- r from peculiar poisonous ingredient ...

... off entirely during mild weather. The same remarks apply to Lettuce and Endive. Salting Asparagus Beds. Salt is often recommended as an excellent manure for asparagus, but it should never Le applied to the beds in winter. It ia a very bad practice to use ...

... party, some one made reference the fact that the asparagus season would soon begin. 'It has begun already,' said Mr Gladstone; 'but only the very rich or very foolish can enjoy it present. The best asparagus is sold to-day at bundle.' Mrs Gladstone, who ...

... to keep them close to the soil, they will coon lorm nice young plants and be readily detachable from tho parent plants. Asparagus. If the crop of this vegetable be deficient in quality or quantity, it is just as likely to be the result of overfeeding ...

... reported. Value of Vegetables.—What the lime-juice is to sailors, so are the potash plants, such as potatoes, turnips, carrots, asparagus, cabbage, &c., to us on land. Without these potash plants we should liable to scurvy or similar diseases. Potatoes do not ...