... ASPARAGUS. Where home-grown roots are required for fore. ing, it is neoeesary to sow seeds annually, and April is the most suitable month for sowing, says • writer in Gardening Illustrated. Some gar. deners sow the seed and allow the plants to remain ...

... is attained by laying the asparagus upon a clean napkin. Theodore Child pertinently remarks: If you do find asparagus nerved on toast do not offer to eat the toast, any more than you would offer to eat the napkin. Asparagus shoidd be served on a long ...

... A NOVEL ASPARAGUS STEAMER. For cooking asparagus the best utensil is s large tin coffee-pot. Its height admits of the asparagus standing on end. Its narrowness prevents the tips from toppling over. The spout gives en outlet in case of the water boiling ...

... whitewash had been put over the dirt- The asparagus beds were in very poor con** dit ion,, and the plants not sufficient quality for cultivation tor the market. The could not be turned, and there were Aligns manure. The vines in the house* were planted ...

... hints upon Kitchen Gaeden.— Asparagus-seed may be sown now with every prospect obtaining good plant Beds planted with two three year old planta will , certainly come into bearing earlier than others sown with seed • but where year two is of great consequence ...

... once these become established in Asparagus beds there is no possible chance of afterwards clearing the ground of them, except by destroying the bed. Couch Grass. Bindweed, and Nettles make serious havoc with Asparagus, so that it behoves the planter to ...

... than this, but, under favourable conditions, an Asparagus plant will live many years and keep growing strong and producing bettor grass, as the gardener terms the stout stems which rise from the Asparagus crowns which accumulate now. Cover the crowns 2in ...

... cabbage in. Her husband, as a rule, dislikes cabbage soup, but when it comes to asparagus—and the asparagus season is just coming in--a dif• ferent story must be told. Asparagus water con• tains all the nutriment of the original vegetable. leaving nothing ...

... baskets of foliage that may be suspended from the roof. One of the best subjects one may have for growing in a basket is the Asparagus, and two of the varieties--plumosus and Sprongeri—are very suitable, owing to their long trailing shoots. Just now is • good ...

... may soon get to work and prepare a bed, or bode. for Asparagus. Young plants of some four rare' or five years growth are more easily excited into growth than older roots, arid, where much Asparagus is forced, plants are raised annually specially for that ...

... USEFUL HINTS. Asparagus Sour. Take twenty-five heads of asparagus, put them m a saucepan with one quart of vegetable stock; let them boil till quite done ; remove the asparagus, pound them in a mortar, then pass them through a sieve; mix one tablespoonful ...

... Family Doctor, in Cassell's Family Magazine. Preserving Fresh Asparagus.— According German paper, asparagus can be kept fresh for twelvemonth in the following way: fake the fresh-cut asparagus, wipe It, seeing that the cut ends are left quite dry, and lay ...