... DISEASED ASPARAGUS. Lovers of asparagus must be prepared for bad news about their favourite vegetable. A disease even more fatal than that which attacks vines and potatoes has suddenly declared itself. Thaifol- lowing are the facts as stated to us by ...

... the stalks. Similar remarks apply to asparagus. Seakals not intended to he lifted for forcing may be covered with about half an inch of ashes, and if a sprinkling of salt-about half the quantity given to asparagus prior to potting on the ashes-is given ...

... Technically they were right; the asparagus is not a fern. The two belong to distinct orders, the feria to Filices, the asparagus to Liliacoe. But it appears to us to have been a case for the exercise of a little comxnonsense. Asparagus pluinosus is now so much ...

... thie celery, the lettuee, &C. 4th. Plants which remain for several years in the soil, such as the strawberry, rhubarb, asparagus, &c., should be suc- ceeded by those of short duration. Hence, in judiciously managed gardens, the strawberry compartment ...

... FItUIT AND KITCHEN G.\IRDPN. - Asparagus: In planting this it is of the utmost importauce to give every attention to a proper rotation of crops. Where celery is grown in what are called S&otch beds the latter make capital asparagus ground. The preparation consists ...

... force asparagus with anything like success there must be a command of warmth below the roots as well as above. In some gardeas there are frames or pits that are hested by means of hot water pipes for bottom and top heat, and in this way aspara~gus plants ...

... keeping them close for a few days after Po~tt 6. and shade if the son is powerful. RITCHEN GAIDEN. ?? DEPARMxENT.-The beds of asparagus made 4t ill tle beginning of the month will keep up a supply 1 0 ready for use in the open ground; should there ri4 short ...

... with the bacon. Lot the omelette set, then fold it and serve. Ham is frequently used instead of bacon.-Asparagus: Takethe tender green ends ofthe asparagus and lightly cook them in batter, using a small pan. Beat the eggs in a basin, seasoning with salt and ...

... produced all the year round in a ereenhonse. The leading colour is yellow, and they are very easily grown. The Asparagus Plumosus, or asparagus fern, as It is often termed, is one of the most useful and beautiful of all greenhouso plants grown for their ...

... succeed those already placed in the fruiting pots. Prepare the necessary fermenting materials for the early beds of forced asparagus, and if not previously attended to, see-that the surface growth has been removed from such as is intended to be forced, that ...

... like thme bestadfehs ee tables cooked and served as separate dishes. hint as to boi asparagus I have fouiicl very -useful, for I have often obterved that the asparagus% which I tsometimes get from a cury frien' garden, wvith the succulent greenl stalk ...

... to win prizes. ASPARAGUS OCmuBr (Inquirer).-'olt ask at the: outeet what is the best soil in. which to grow fine pragus; and we reply in the words of an expert: Rich sandy soil of good depth is nsaturalhy the best adopted for asparagus, and in such soil ...