... Strawberry runners for forcing next season should be potted and placed in a close shady pit nntil the plants get established. ASPARAGUS.—This may still be watered freely with liquid manure. On dry, friable soils salt may be used with advantage for this crop; ...

... dealing with men are incompatible with an irritable brain, a week'stomach, or a defective circulation. AsPARAGUS.-The proper way to cook asparagus is not generally known. In the first place a pot of some depth is required, and it is well in preparing ...

... which the asparagus was boiled, one pint of milk, and one tablespoonful of butter melted and rubbed smooth over the fire with one of flour: season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg. A gill of cream and three gills of milk, leaving out the asparagus water, make ...

... lent and comparatively cheap, though they will not be positively so till there is warm temperature to stimulate vegetation. Asparagus is getting cheaper. Lettuce remains dear. Cucumbers and tomatoes are not dear, and aro not only delcioua but dietetically ...

... far finer heads by growing asparagus In rows four feet apart, and two feet from rout to rout in the rows. There is no deep trenchrtig to begin with, and no raised beds are required afterwards, unless in damp situations. Asparagus is grown on the flit, earth ...

... are sold very cheap. Russian partridges are excellent at about half-a-crown. Among vegetables, cauli. lfowers are cheap. Asparagus remains at last week's quotations. Lettuces, both French and English, are cheap for this early season. Seakale is excellent ...

... various and plentiful, but not so cheap as they ought-to be this time of year. Sea- kale is nearly over. Cucumbers are cheap Asparagus is rapidly decreasing in price. Goose- berries are, obtainable, but they are dear. The recent cold winds, hailstorms, frosts ...

... there Is in ordinary market asparagus. It is difleult to give asparagus too much dung, and a slight coaling when-the haulm Is- ?? down and the:earthinglis done, is desdiable. We have often urged gardeners to allow the asparagus to grow two or three Inches ...

... dahlias covered with maiden hair ferns and asparagus. The gallery pillars wede entwined with ivy leaves Old asparagus, viith-l. dahlias and nasturtiums intermixed. Oats, wheat, and barley, dahlias, ferns, asparagus, grapes, apples, and pears were used in ...

... consuming eight soles an gratin, twelve lamb cutlets, a joint of roast veal weighing eight pounds, three kilogrammes of asparagus, and an omelette of twelve eggs, besides a Dutch cheese, twelve pounds of bread, and fifteen bottles of wine. At the conclusion ...

... Red mullet is scarce and dear again. Things are quiet in the vegetable market, but will improve if the open weather lasts. Asparagus is now a little cheaper. The frost destroyed the celery, but in a fortnight there will be a fresh supply, should the severe ...

... retailed at Is the pound un- shelled. Foreign peas are cheaper. Gooseberries are plentiful at from 21hd the pint. English-4 asparagus continues to be cheap and abundant. Spring cabbages are plentiful, and are perhaps the least expensive green vegetable at ...