The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-05-19 00:00:00

Country lairscellang.

CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK.

GREENROURE.—Ite•pot a few of the best sorts of scarlet,
pink, and white.flowering Pelargoniums, to make
specimens; also • few of the following bedding plants,
such as Ageratum Imperial dwarf, Petunias of
Lobelias, Calceolaria sures floribunda, and Verberasrt
sorts. When the above are well grown in 4 and 6-inch
pate they will make • fine display with other plants in the
greenhouse, such as Achimenes, Gloxinias, Fuchsias, and
the Gaols. Be careful not to allow any growing plants to
get too dry, especially Heaths and Azaleas. Llimbing
plants and shrubs should be regularly nailed to the walls
or supports on which they are to be trained; 61zere the
branches grow too thick the pruning knife should be used
freely in the arrangement or disposal of them. When the
object is to ul,Lsin a thick mass of foliage to cover old
walls or trellises, the strongest shoots only should be nailed
in, and the lateral and weaker branches allowed to remain
in their natural position. Herbaceous Plants Many of
the more choice herbaceous Planta may be prolonged by
dividing their roots, having • portion of their crowns
attached to than, ; they should be carefully separated, and
planted in a bed prepared from them.
KITCHEN Gsnuz.v. out Carrots, Parsnips, and
Onions, and hoe amongst all growiup crops to keep weeds
under. Stake Peas, and sow Veitch Perfection, No Plus
Ultra, or Maclean's Wonderful. Plant out a few Brussel-
sprouts and Si. oyA for an early crop. Out a little lime
on inxid bed to keep down slugs, awl protect from small
birds. Begin to dig out ridges for Celery and Leeks and
put in a good thickness of spit manure in the trenches to
dig in.

110 W TO DEAL WIT.I A CUCUMBER.
Our Polly is • sad slut, nor heeds what we have taught her,
1 wonder any limn alibi, will ever roar • daughter ;
For she must have both huuds and gowns, and hoops to swell
her pride,
With studs and stays, and glue,* and lace, and she'll have men
beside ;
And when she's ditst with care and cost, all tempting, fine and

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As men shuull .me • anteumber, oho dings herself array.

Prince Leopold hso. heen made a Mason—.
The I mdon City Al..sion now employs 427 agents.
The Religious rract Society has issued 1,537,800,000
tracts. The receipts last year were £132,7te.
The income of the (lurch Missionary Society last year
was I:l:l6.r.r.:s—apikintwe

ii;Zi-haciiiiie of the Church Pastoral Aid Society last year
was .Eu The grants were 677 to clergymen, and
to lay assistants.
Iles memo. Coco t. --GILATIOrL AND Com roan -
"By • thomingli knowledge of the natural law, which govern
the operations of ,Itecotion and nutritioo, and by • careful
application of the lion pnmertles of welleelected coom, Mr.
Llu• he I.roiikol our breakfast tables with • delicately
Itavuurul b•-serage which may save us many heavy doctors'
Cirif &rake Gazette. Made insult', with Boiling
Water or Milk.- Sold by Grocers in packets only, labelled-
" J trim Errs Ilimoripathle Chemists, 40, Threadneedle
Street, and 170, ; Works, Easton Road, London.-
tN rrAct rex or Coto& We will now give an account of
the pnwessadopted by Menem James Ems k Co.' manufacturers
of dietetic &nicks, at thelr works hi the Euston Road, London."
-Sec article in cassell's Ilato•thold Guide.

l'acetot. —Messrs, Ittggrn k go-Ts-beg to caution the
public against imitation square blue, of eery inferior
quality. The Paris Blue in squares (used in the Prince
of Wales' Laundry), is sold in wrapper, bearing their
name and trade mark.
/101.LOWAI OINTMENT AND Pills. —The finest remedies
in the world for lad legs, old wounds, sores, and ulcers.
If used according to directions given with them, there is
no wound, 10.1 leg, or ulcerous sore, however obstinate
or long standing, but will yield to their healing and
cutatice properties. Numbers of persons who have been
patients in several of the large hoopitals under the care ot
eminent surgeons, without deriving the slightest benefit,
have been throughly cured by Holloway's Ointment and
Pills. For glandular swellings, t aaaaa ours, scurry, and
diseases of the skin there is no medicine that can be used
with an effect equally salutary. In fact, in the worst
forms of diseases dependent upon the condition of the
blood, these medicines, used conjointly, are irresistible.
Tilt EA RMINGA or AoRI C LTC RA LLA BOU REIS. —Aceordinj
to a return just issued of the average weekly earnings
farm labourers for the quarters of Michaelmas and
Cluistnias, 1872, the wages paid to the men et Epsom were
14s. • week, and a women tie.- to children, under 16, ss.
In the eastern district the men earned 16e, by the week,
and 20e. by task work. In Kent (at Faversham), the men
earned Ws. as weekly wages, and 26e. task work. Only
those who now and reap are engaged by task. Beer, ale,
and cider ere given in some places; in others no refresh.
meet. In Wales, at Newport, wolue., and children are
seldom employed. At another. place in Wales the weekly
wage to men was from 154. to f 1.., and the "task money '
stated at Itis. fid. ,• and at the same place breakfast was
given, as well as other meals, with about four putts of beer
a day. At Northampton the weekly wage was Its. In
Dorsetshire the wages to the men were from Ils, tolls, per
week ; shepherds, Ws. in Luubing season.