... time large gardens where hot. beds are used or employed for forcing vegetables. New beds are continually being made for Asparagus ; ileakale, Early Potatoes, Radishes, Early Carrots, and those who have no Mushroom-house may make up a bed over a mound ...

... VEGETABLES AND FRUIT. Liberal waterings of liquid manures are neoeseary for Asparagus beds. They not only assist the more vigorous main roots, but also the small feeding ones which issue from them. According as the free summer growth of the plants is ...

... over the opening to check the current. New hot-beds can be made up at suitable intervals at any time from this onwards for asparagus, potatoes, encumbers, and melons. Make up new mushroombeds to ensure • succession. Give warm liquidmanure to beds in bearing ...

... severe winter when almost everything else dies; they are easily grown, and they have a delicate flavour, hardly inferior to Asparagus, when care has been given to their culture. Yet they are not appreciated or grown nearly as much as they deserve to be. It ...

... aid of a notable proportion of lime in the sail, he said it was impossible to grow fine asparagus. He condemned the prevailing practice of cutting sprue asparagus as most unjust ,to the plant, and as affording a sufficient explanation of the poor quality ...

... to hold the bed together, will turn in early and be valuable. Other crops, such as horn carrots, radishes, potatoes, and asparagus, must be started in succession to come on quickly to meet the demand that is sure to arise. The persevering gardener with ...

... as well as the pulpit and entrance to the organ chamber, bore ample testimony. The windows too, with their profusion of asparagus and flowers, looked very beautiful in the subdued light at the evening service. The preacher was the Bev. F. A. Fairbairn ...

... Perpetual. or Ne Plus Ultra. These kinds have been often tried and never found wanting when Palming as; comes round. New asparagus beds should be planted when the grass is just coming through the soil. The work should be carefully done, and as little ...

... Jane Ellen, a daughter of Mr. E. W. Davis. He has his county seat at Buscot-park, Faringdon, Berkshire. Tux cultivation of asparagus at Argenteuil, in the vicinity of Paris, is an industry representing a turnover of two million francs yearly. About 10,000 ...

... to hasten their turning in. Cut the blossoms from rhubarb and seakale. unless it is wished to save the seeds. Give young asparagus plantations a good soaking of sewage, if it can be had. A sprinkling of salt, nitrate of soda, or guano will be beneficial ...

... onions may have a dressing of manure, and be thrown into ridges or else be trenched up and the surface left rough and open. Asparagus-beds or plantations, it not already done, should be top-dreseed with rich manure with some salt, if thought necessary the ...

... of the consistency of caramels. It must be .lcwly stirred while it is cooking. Asparagus Salad (a German Recipe).—Boil in the usual way the requisite quantity of asparagus, and when cold cut up the tender parts into pieces about half an inch long, and ...