... in another season, to line the Asparagus-beds with stable litter, made in the deep alleys that divide them, as is often practised Russia and elsewhere. Under these circumstances, and with such assistance, the Asparagus will be sure to grow with all the ...

... under the old law are required to renew them. Method of Growing Asparagus at Nice, France. —Take a quart wine bottle, such as French wine is sold in ; invert it over the head of an asparagus just rising above the ground, and secure it by three sticks, so ...

... matter as beet-root. It grows upon the surface of the earth, and acquires very large volume. The Plain Ways of Growing Asparagus.—There is much more trouble taken to grow this vegetable than there is any occasion for, aud although I agree with the practice ...

... when it is required to decipher any old writing, in order to copy it, the recipe will be useful. Asparagus.—Having lately adopted mode of cultivating asparagus somewhat different from that generally practised, and having found it to answer well on strong ...

... plentiful crop gathered— the potatoes varying in size from a pheasant's to a hen's egg. Asparagus.—A few years since friend of mine told me that he had seen, in Germany, Asparagus of great size, white, and very tender and that there the following mode of treatment ...

... HORTICULTURE. Salt. —lean strongly recommend a dressing of this manure, except on very stiff land; to grow asparagus and seakale in perfection it is essential, and I find a general improvement effected by its use in the hulk and quality of our culinary ...

... observes, --coniferous plants can scarcely bear any manure. Asparagus.—On the 28th of July, 1843, I procured 6 cwt. of dirty salt, at ls. per cwt., and applied it to three beds of Asparagus which were three years old. One of the beds had seeds sown in ...

... the Exhibition of Tulips, Anemones, Stove and Green-House Plants, (not Gcauiums.) Also for Geraniums, Hardy Plants, and Asparagus. N.B. Exhibiters for Prize* are particularly requested to attend to Rules 6, and order ofthe Committee, WILLI A.M. HOOPER ...

... Hoe the beds of table vegetables, and pick out the most curled plants of curled parsley, cress, and chervil, for seed. Asparagus should not be cut after the 24th, and seeds should be procured from some of the earliest aud largest heads. Cut herbs for ...

... HORTICULTURE AND AGRICULTURE. Cultivation of Asparagus.—Captain Churchill, R.M., has published a paper on the Biscayan way of Cultivating Asparagus at St. Sebastian's. The principal features of this mode are, to form beds about five feet in width and ...

... again into the differences which unhappily exist about the Prospect, it is presumed that no one wishes to trample on the asparagus-beds or the vegetables. Mary Williams, a woman who has for some years been an inmate of the Ross Workhouse, Ims, on the complaint ...

... Captain Rnshout: 2nd, ditto. Acricilas.— lst, Mr. Lawrence; 2nd, ditto. Nosegays.—lst, Mrs. Wheeler ; 2nd, Mr. B. Lucas. Asparagus.—lst, Mr. Sweet; 2nd, Mr. Collins. Cucumbers.—lst, Mr. Sweet. Potatoes.—lst, T. Yarrington, Esq.; 2nd. Mr. Eckley. Cabbage ...