... thought of envelopes or egg boilers, the idea of the sewing machine had not occurred to the most daring inmagination, and asparagus tongs were only known in the marble halls of the Goisragas and the porphyry palaces of the Medici, when Galileo Gahldei, ...

... Sanders; one dish of potatoes, Captain MvAdonald Smith; dish of kidney potatoes, Mr. Simpson ; cauliflowers, Mr. Simpson ; asparagus same exhibiter. Mrs. Compton exhibited a csase of very beautiful ferns,$ for which an extra prize was awarded. Extra prizes ...

... paupers; why its a luxury! Th ny pun that Presi ant Grent ever made was the fun be have potatoes, parsley, onions, tomatoes, asparagus, beets, tee s spring chickens, strawberries- Stop, stop, stop ! val exclaimed the President, let us have peas I He ...

... Grant ever made was the fol- lswing :-A talkative waiter recently said to him- We have Potatoes, parsley, onions, tomatoes asparagus, beets, sprinu ciutikens, sti'awvein'ris ' s - topi stop. stop l exclaiine the P'resi'dent, let us have peeas !, He ...

... trcnbhing of ground as it becomes vacant, :end during the prevel- once of dry wyeather keep it eell forked. The young plants of asparagu.s xwill now bee ready fur planting in beds, which it is hopedl hive been kept well prepared ; let the roots be c:irefully ...

... vegetables in somel instances were very fair, mere especially the cabbages, lettuce, and potatoes. The prize Ge( bundle of asparagus was fine, several of the encumbers 1 moderate Sepcimuens, turnips ?? healthy and also the Bit' carrots; one or two of the ...

... were, in former times, grown in Scotland as a pot-herb, end if forced and blan- ched by earthing up in aL similar manner to asparagus and sea kae, the young tops make a very good dish. in Bel- 1 gium, Germany, and other parts of 'Continental Europe, t nettles ...

... account of the Dragon of the Hes- is paridas, a monster who takes the rather prosaic, Is Yet still interesting, form of an asparagus plent, 3, ten or twelve thousand years old, Humbold is I- rsnmonsible for the age assigned. Nevertheless, if the minimum ...

... with incredible traditions of sunsine and blueooy, and for the bon vivant with still more Impossible sugestions of ducks, asparagus, and green peas, is closely loomlng upon us, yet our houseetops are white with sow,* and our noses blue with frost, and it ...

... had been a very heavy l item in the expenses of our little household for upwards of a i year. He liked ducks and peas, and asparagus and oysters, an d ! drank a ridiculous quantity of port. However, let us hear lightly on his weaknesses, and if he took no ...

... who like paying income-tax. People who go to hot, uncomfortable theatres, full of fees. People who buy early and costly asparagus-nine inches of white stalk to one of green head. People who have no sense of humour. People who eive large parties in small ...

... timne; and the heat m~ay be regulated to a deg-ree. Framues set up in this v-ay are useful nil theC year round for forcing asparagus, early potatoes, p'ropagating bedldine p tlants, for eunmucltoess and. ielouls, and for ?? young atooe of stove lplanits ...