... ASPARAGUS AND PINS. In commemoration of the bi-centenary of the Christ Church Schools, Southwark. medals have ben presented to the children. They bear a representation of two asparagus leaves united by a pia. explanation is that in 1713 a Mrs. Catherine ...

... ASPARAGUS BM!. The less that is cut one season, the stronger it will grow the following. When it is cut late in the season in any year it is sure to be weaker for the next .eaeon's crop. It is • well-known fact that the more a plant 111 allowed to develop ...

... BREVITIES. Asparagus is the oldest knows plant used for food. - • • • poultry keepers who are anxious to rear Chickens and have • broody hells should delay no longer. The novice is generally rather timid about hatching out eggs by means of a broody ben ...

... Miss Ella Moseley, silver mateb box Dr de Hymen, sliver asparagus disk Mr. and Mies Orr, blotter Mr. R. A. Parry, cheque Mr. E. Pierce, letter weight Miss Mabel Parry, tea set Miss M. Parry, breakbst service and oval t.theraton tray Miss Parry, Oriental ...

... VEGETABLES. CRSANID ASPARAGUS.—Take twenty-four pieces of asparagus, and, lining a silver knife, cut them into pieces about an long. Cook in salted boiling water, and when ready drain and serve in a hot dish, covering the asparagus with thick white sauce ...

... aud corer the top with Asparagus tips, previously boiled. Any cold oues left over answer if heated in a little oiled butter.— The Ciardener. Asparagus Cutlets.—Take from thirty to fmty sticks of ireshly cut, well-grown asparagus, and alter cleaning them ...

... —Boil the stalks of two bunches of asparagus until they are tender, saving the tips for a salad. Drain and rub them through a sieve. To the water in which the asparagus was boiled, add one quart of milk and the asparagus Cook two tablespoonfuls of butter ...

... SOME USEFUL RECIPES. As.nanous.—Pick off the loose leaves from the asparagus, scrape the and wash in cold water. Cut all the stalks the same length and tie them in small bundles. Cook gently in boiling salted water till tender. Drain well. CURRANT DUMPLING ...

... German chemists are allowing that great quantities of oil may be recovered from the materials that been largely wasted. Asparagus seeds contain 12 per eent. of oil lime.tree fruit 9 or 10; elm.tree fruit, 1 to 14; and horse-chestnuts and cherry-stomas ...

... raspberries are pruned in the or. dinary way they arc of no value for late fruiting. • • • Planting Asparagus.—The month of April most suitable tor making new asparagus beds. These are usually raised itliove the ground lerel, but on the flat also give good results ...

... URN VAAL TIPS. Instiwd of throwing aw.iy the hard part of asparagus stalka, peel them and cook for soup, or serve with the tender part.. Likewilt,. the green outer stalks of eelory may be profitably salvaged either for *onp or cut up and creamed. Coffee ...

... AND MEDICINE 3. Nearly all vegetables have a medicinal action of some kind, and the subject is certainly worth studying. Asparagus, for instance, forms part ot the cure for rheumatic patients at such health resorts as Aix-les- Bains. Carrots, as containing ...