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GARDENING OPERATIONS

... the enemy from other plants, and, if daily examined, will in time clear the ground of this nuisance.-Asparagus: As peas are now coming into use, asparagus ought not to be cut so closely as it has been; all the weaker shoots may be allowed to grow after this ...

THE PARIS EXHIBITION

... several baskets of enormous asparagus, the finest of which is shown by Sherault, who also exhibits the plant growing, of one, two, three, and. four years old, Whether it is owing to the climate, or, whether to the species of asparagus, or to the manner of ...

WORCESTER FLOWER SHOW

... shlowis by DMr. lIlunt (garkdener to Ad- ! mniral Hastings), were very fi hne. In vegetables, rite chief thing was the asparagus shits-nll y Dlr. blanild. Of Leiot, the grapes shosIn by Dir. Jludtge, and the striawberries were Csplecially remarkable ...

HOUSEWIFE'S CORNER

... U~Ic~~tes~1O~fA..I2.. ?? .1 ads Ditto ?? ,1 0to1 . SuS 'Ping~fiiz4 ,, ,. 8.lo O0 o o lo .,o a 1 0. I D0. 0 0 0 0 O o00 Asparagus. 100& **0.0 ?? a dbeotsf ?? tpouid..e1 6.0 ?? 4 0a vgmialk r 1Ed gs*ptal oeh n 6..2~ 0D;tu 0 0 ?? 0a 0 mitPceisn. . ?? 0 ...

THE FLORAL SHOW

... bloom, six varieties; 1st, ericas three'varieties; 1st, greenhouse azaleas; 1st and 2nd for figs -st, cucumber; and 1st, asparagus. -Mr. W. E. Dixon, Beverley.-lst for twelve va- riegated and ornamental foliaged plants; 2nd, six varieties of stove or ...

NEW MUSIC

... the Nord has discovered a new mode of restoring exhausted asparagus beds. He spread during the spring 1201b. weight of common salt over a piece of ground thirty feet long by six wide. The asparagus plants, though old and exhausted, produced a crop double ...

Published: Sunday 17 December 1865
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1160 | Page: 6 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE HORITCULTURAL SHOW AT THE ARBORETUM

... as follows:- Mr. James Walters, chemist, a fine collection of potatoes, beans, peas, rhubarb, onions, turnips, parsnips, asparagus, gooseberries, apples (1862), black currants, strawberries, &c. (not for competition, but highly recommended, especially ...

ALTRINCHAM AND BOWDON FLOWER SHOW

... dishes of ditto, Mr. Hobson; three stlcksd rhubarb, Mr. Galloway; single dish of potatoes sprlngg.row Wr. D'Eenzle; dish of asparagus, Mr. Bslston. Cottageg prizes: Bouquet of hardy flowers, Miss Smith; cightem varieties of out, wild flowers, Ur. H. A. Ricketts; ...

LIVERPOOL HORTICULTURAL SHOW

... Earl of Derby; 2, A. G. Curtz, EP . Admiral flornby. Peas; A. G. Curtz, Esq. French beans: 1, Admiral Horuby; 2 and 3, n Asparagus: 1 and 2, Sam~uel ken S,3. C. C - REq., garsiener A. Nash Rhubarb. l, Mr. T. S. Preston; 2, iMr. COlt Rylanca; 9, Srs. ...

LITERARY EXTRACTS

... and report its symmetry and delicate hue.- The AlarrieclLefe of Annie o~f Austrtia, by Martha WalkerFreer. A QUEER Disn OF ASPARAGUS IN JAVA.-We had potatoes and cabbages, which were to us quite delicacies. Their flavour was exactly similar to that of our ...

FARM AND GARDEN NOTES FOR JUNE

... bags, kc., may be sown for autumn and winter use Treneh celery, plant out endive and Jerusalem kale. Water newly planted asparagus beds; indeed, if the season be dry, generally, watering must be had recourse to. Thia out seakale. Sow early turnips, small ...

GARDENING OPERATIONS

... litter which it causes. Get ground pre- pared by heavy manuring and trenching for fresh plata- lins of rhubarb, seakale, and asparagus, and remember ,that -the ground for these things can hardly be made too rieh. COrrAGERS' GAaDEN.-Aill leisure hours should ...