... Society should he returned to his Excellency the Ixird Lieutenant. SALT A MANURE FOE ASPARAGUS. In explanation of the remarks on the use of salt in the cultivation of asparagus, several members stated the excellent effects which had followed its use. It might ...

... great bustle in spring. The forcing of asparagus, seakale, and rhubarb, should be attended to. A warm corner of a mushroom house for the rhubarb, and cool one for seakale, will suit them best at this season. Asparagus and seakale require a very mild heat ...

... them was of a common sort, brought out in March, and—l blush to acknowledge it—eaten bv Mrs. Doyle and her daughters when asparagus came in, about the 20th May. They were then worth 4s. fid. a couple. The same hen brought out seven her own tribe on the ...

... Atkins. Sir —It Never Pays.’ “Mr. Atkins had cultivated all kinds of choice flowers and fruit; Mr. Atkins had eaten peas and asparagus grown in his own garden; Mr. Atkins baa possessed melon pits, and was once on the brink ot a pinery’—to use his own forcible ...

... in spring, taking off the young shoots—which, by-the-bye, are excellent for table use at that season, when dressed like asparagus—then re-built in heaps on a site which is perfectly shaded from the sun, will keep good till the next crop is ready to be ...