The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-02-28 00:00:00

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Ot Ca. ry 0110 warm bordrr. claw I, is
fur ii principal crop. Mem% the mound week in ltsreb
Id an excelleut times to sow the main, mop a Wiens.
Oue of the prime objec:s iii 00100 cultivatlon Might to
be to secure an wady harvest, and this i 1 best aeoom•
plinked by elevated beds uninanured, tinkle she soil is
very poor. Thu laud should be seleoted iii November,
generally as plot which Liu one scourging crop taken on
after a good manuring. It is trenched and ridged until
the early part of March, when, being levelled dowis,
• it is marked out into beds -12 inches wide with Minsk
alleys. Before the heed is sown the beds are raised 6
inches above „the ordinary ground load. When Ibe
beds have become dry the seed or sown, and they me
trodden twice over until they are quite hard. A s„,i
light coating of soil is then strewed evenly over
whole. The narrownees of the b..le enables the niers.
tor to weed clean with facility, and without ii.j iriag
the plants. I have twits I that hoeing, by loosening the
surface, exposes the on; ins to tho mercy of every
storm, and if luxus i out throws them prostrate on the
surface. Plants thus situated, having a greater depth
of sAI then man!, gr,w with a inure sturdy character
than those in highly.manured ground, whilst the elem.
tion of the beds enables the warm July sun to penetrate
a considerable depth into the earth, slightly checking
late growth, and, of course, inducing the early forma.
tion of bulbs. Pot 11,-rhs should now be sown, or
plaatations mule from cuttings. Plant early sorts of
/Vat, s in a warm situation for earlier crops ; a few
may be tir,,t planted in boxes in beat, and transplanted
to the open ground when they have vegetated. Those
growing in frames should have air given freely, Sow
+.,)psfor an e ,rly crop.
tnu ir GARDEN. Pri,,Cell with pruning and nailing.
If any planting still remains to be done, let it be par.
formed as soon as the ground is in • fit state. Do not,
as is sotuetimes dune, oveumuure ; it is a great oils.
take to induce the production of gross. long.joined
woad in 507 Ntsge of the existence of • fruit tree ;
wood of this description never becomes thoroughly
rimned, and in the case of atone fruits, gam, canker.
and premature death are sometimes the result, whilst
from pears anyt!.ing deserving the name of a crop is
never ohtain,d till the gross habit induced by planting
in over-rich soil is overcome. Ground; intended for
fruit trees should first be drained efficiently, and then
trenched to the depth of 2 feet, and if the natural soil
is found to be too poor for the health and growth of
the trees, a sufficient quantity of fresh turfy loam
ohull he added, but rich stimulating manures should
' foe they are N•Poll catistas'ed, and the trees
are Id: to uepentl upon the natural nail for their sups
port, and when treated in this way never give
satisfaction.

}LOWER GARDEN.—Boarbon, tea, and other tender
roses must not be adsturbed for the present, but as soon
as the weather has became more fav iurable let them be
pruned, and the beds be mauured and lightly foiked.
Roses, however, do not dislike a rather firm soil, and
care should be taken not to injure their mote by forking
or digging too much. The best manure for them is
well-rotted cow dung which should be applied after
carefully loosening the soil, and an inch or two of fresh
mould sprinkled over it will obviate any unpleasant
appearance it might otherwise present if kept near the
Burke, Auricules, generally speaking, have suffered
little from the past severe winter, and having braved
the weather so well hitherto it would be a matter of
regret should any coil .ction realer from lack of • little
atteution at this season. As they are now beginning to
grow and to throw up their trusses, they require the
greatest attention of the cultivator; they must have
plenty of air, be moderately supp.ral with moistunts
and protected at night from the slightest frost or cold
easterly winds, whlu the lii,hts must be tilted the
reverse way, so that the Manta may not melee the
least check in their growth. On the contrary, if the
weather he mild th. y require all the air ill. possible to
give thew. A gentle shower of rain once now atid then
mu ef great beuelit. About a fortnight alter the roots of
the ranunculuses are planted, they well to their utmost
AllO. While in this stat,, in the ev et of severs frost
setting in, it is advisiblu I. cover th, bed. with emus
dry litter no the depth of or I in •hoe, as the tubers
are liable to be raptured -y la in __e cutuprenlion of the
frozen soil. In the best prepared beds worms are very
annoying and Warrens, particularly in March, Lime
water may be given with safety; apply it to their
workings in the morning, and fill up the cavities in to
surface of the beds with dry soil, which ought ',be
kept in totem, for the purpose. le the first .tf:k et
April the plants will be through the grill.l. The
strong-growing sorts are cute to lift a larg, rimer ol
soil ou the top of their foliage ; lot this he t L. 5 in the
hand, broken. and carefully placed on the t •;. 1 560
crowns and about the necks o! the plants. Itti the
grower wish his flowers ti be of a goal ei.s
dircs•ing of three-yeas-old cow dung finely satsi rid
be applied round the plants rum between the run. to
tlisthickness of one•fourth of an inch; this has a most
beneliciii effect in kaaping the beds level, awl sacr•as-
iug the streu4tb of the plants. Polyanthuses ris boils
that have b•am raised by the late frosts snueld be fuss.
tamed, and • top-dressing of rich ve,mtable mount given*.