... AS P A RAG U B—A SPABA U ASPARAGUS. DIRECT FROM GROWER TO THB CONSUMER. Acknowledged be of SUPERIOR QUALITY. Raised in very rich •alt mod land, the native element Bent Poet or Carriage Paid securely packed. Best selected. 4e per hundred ; Second do., ...

... way to cook asparagus is to boil it in salt and water. When young, it will cook sufficiently in fifteen or twenty minutes. Toast white bread, and dip it into the water the asparagus was boiled in. Lay the toast into a dish, and the asparagus on top of it ...

... HORTICULTURE. HARDY FRUIT AND KITCHEN GARDEN Asparagus beds in full cutting, i.e. in their prime, may have every shoot cut away until the middle of June. Sprue or very small asparagus may, however, be per- mitted to grow. This will hardly prevent t ...

... plantations of asparagus. Twr- or three- year-old plants are the best if they oan be obtained ; but if not, no time should be lost in sowing the seeds in rowa in a small bed of rich soil, from wbich the plants can be transplanted. The Asparagus loves a we ...

... ibis done early in the morning before the son has touched the tops. this way you get perfectly white and exceedingly trader asparagus, and I feel sore that if any readers would try this way of growing them they would never again wish for green stalks. The ...

... winter. Protect the crowns with dry leaves or littery manure. Asparagus beds should be cleaned, and the stems cut close to the ground, if not already done. It is seldom or never that asparagus roots are injured by frost. The beda should have a dressing ...

... brooch. She wore a pearl necklace, tne gift of the bridegroom, Mid carried a shower bouquet of white hothouse flowers and asparagus fern,'' The bridesmaid's dress was of white ottoman silk, with frills of lace; her hat was of white felt trimmed with ostrich ...

... spinach fortnightly, and plant Windsor beans. — Gardening Illustrated. Cultivation of Asparagus. Among neglected crops that are profitable to grow in this country asparagus may, without doubt, be placed. It is not difficult to grow, and any farmer who has ...

... shaded until roots are formed. The budding of roses may be commenced new with good results. Fruit and Vegetable Garden. — Asparagus beds should not be ont over at tar this date, but on the contrary the plant should be encouraged to make a vigorous growth ...

... Captain Evelegh— 2a J. four ly eopodiuma ; 2nd, oaladiuma ; 2nd, foliagad planta ; lat, oilceolxrias; 2nd, cauliflowers ; Ist, asparagus ; 3rd, cnoumbera ; Sid, six dishes ot vegetables ; 2nd, eolleoiien ot aalading. Mra. Huish- 2 ad, stove and greenhouse planta; ...

... of sweating. The globe artichokes shonld now have all their ragged and decaying outside leaves pulled off • and where the asparagus Btems are fully ripe they should be out down, the bed be cleaned of weeds, and have a slight dressing of salt.— Agricultural ...

... select the strongest runners and plant them on a shady border in rich soil, to be transplanted with balls early next month. Asparagus beds can hardly have too much water from the stable or farm-yard tank during the present montb. On dry friable soils salt ...