... ASPARAGUS •lID VWUT. DOR CDPITROS AND amaze BIRDS. Indeed,a well-planned asparagus bed is most useful. Seeds of stocks, asters, phlox drummondii, marigolds, helichrysums, balsams, petunias, lobelias, &c., can be raised in suck a bed much more quickly ...

... beeping and to what they Win coma am afraid she will limit them to refrabbg from asparagus as more than twelve ebillegs per anal, or strswberries as half a guinea a basket. But to be really Is a task that ponies eves the most intelligent sa well.msenlag ...

... asked the other day what was the• ammo of the asparagus on a bed coming up so weak and spindly. One cause was the beds were very old ; but that was not the chief reason, as I know a garden where the asparagus-beds are at least BO years old, and they still ...

... rod. Dispontinue cutti ng Asparagus from weakly beds early in the month of June, but strong plants will continue to yield supplies till the end of the month. The best land produces the best flavoured Asparagus. The Asparagus produced in the Fens grows ...

... Doctor, in Cassdrs Family Magazine. FAROE ARPARIAMYS.—AceerdIag to a German paper, asparagus can be kept fresh foe a twelvemonth in the following way: I'ab the fresh-oat asparagus, wipe it, seeing that the cut ends aye left quite dry, and lay it In a clean ...

... WIWDOW GARDEN!. Asparagus plumosus is a very ornamental roomplant, and is not difficult to keep in good condition, and when the fronds lose colour, if the whole plant is cut down to the ground, a new beautiful growth will spring up immediately. Very few ...

... ground intended for 'testate and aspAragus should be placed in firstclass condition, both as regards cultivation and manure. Balt is a useful stimulant for both these crops. It is always a better plan to raise asparagus at home, or, at any rate, to obtain ...

... and manure in the old way. Asparagus also may be started now, and will be ready for use in about a month if the temperature of the bed is sltlit. Anything between 75deg. and 85deg. will give useful results in forcing Asparagus. The growth will quicken if ...

... VIGRTABLIII CARDIN. Ground intended for asparagus and &ebb& should be got intogood condition by deep cultiration and the free application of manure. Beskals is often left on the same ground ton long when forced in the old way under heaps of manure, the ...

... Draw soil up to cauliflowers, and tie a bit of matting round those plants turning in. Give liquid manure freely. In cutting asparagus cut all the small stuff which grows so long as cutting continues, and then let all come away together. All seedlings should ...

... deeply dug, but not manured. Sow also onions, lettuce, radish, small salad, seakale, and asparagus; the two last in drills, one foot apart, and one inch deep for asparagus, and two inches for seats's. Another mode of raising Imola& plants is to sow in four-feet ...

... where leaves are plentiful, these with a little warm stable•manure to hold the leaves together will answer admirably. Forced asparagus will soon he plentiful now, and this may be grown in small or large quar.tittes in various ways. The old-fashioned way of ...