The Express.
London, England, 1851-05-31 00:00:00

PLOWEIL GARDEN AND 1111k17111181tIES.

All is now hope and activity with the enthusiastic gar-
dener, in anticipation of the speedy realisation of the dreams
of floral splendour, which he has been indulging in tbr the
last six months; awl tor the accomplishment of which he
has, during that period, striven most energaically. While
this state of thinss is gradually developing itself, let due
care be taken to have every part of the grounds in the most
careful order. As the yowls plants progress, some will re-
quire pegging down, and others tying up. For the former
purpose small birch hooks are most substantial for plants
of a stiff habit; but many plants, if once fixed in their
position, retain it. either by emitting roots or by the natural
nalexibility acquired by their steins. For the fastening
down of such plants, we reserve all the roughest and
coarsest of our bass matting, and cut it into pietas about
ti or M inches long; these we form into loops, which clip
the shoots and the ends are fastened into the ground with
a blunt dibble. In performing this operation, the heads of
the plants should be turned towards the north, as the
young laterals will be drawn by the light towards the
other points of the compass, and by this mimns the beds
will appear well filled from all sides. The young plants in
tie beds will he considerable benefited by stirring the soil
n=oun:; them with a small fink, especially when it has been
caked over by rain. This operation will at the same time
destroy weeds, and the ground will keep clean twice as
long as it will with merely hoeing and rasing, and it will
also admit ruin more freely, and retain the moisture longer
than when the surface is smooth.

FLORIOSTn. FL, MEWL

The sewn for tulips will now be getting over, in the
southern counties, whilst we hear that the shows in
Lancashire, and northwanls, will take place next week.
Wu would remind the amateur to take care of the offsets.
These, generally bring exposed, require taking out of the
ground first, soon us the foliage become. yellow : by
attending to this the bulbs dry of a nice light brown, a
point of some importance. As fur the main bed•:, we
would remove the side awnings, but we bass our doubts
about the propriety of taking elf the cover ; if the foliage
is in a healthy state we believe they will he in a much liner
state next sea,on by keeping them Irma excessive rains,
which have a tendency to cluse a gr.I.,MPA% which florists
would rather avoid. fives and RANUNCULUSES will now
require consieerable care—the
be tied to neat sticks, and a, scam as green-fly appear
brush them oft with is camel-hair pencil— a man will go
over a very large collection in short time. They will re-
gain: plenty of water, and oc,asionally liquid Manure.
Keep the ranuneulases free from the cicada spumaria,
or "froth louse," which will often locate itself on the
stems; shade seedlings from direct sun—exposure to its
direct rays is prejudicial. DAtimAs.—Pl.ust out
eke.

K ITCHEN %UDEN,

Every moans should be put in preetiets for checking the
ravages of tnnscet. of every kind with which gardens are
now teeming, and which if not isrevented will commit
serious havoc among the crops of fruit and vegetables.
Slugs and snails are most easily destroyed by picking them
by band during moist evenings and moraings, and wire-
worm may be attracted by pieces of carrot, turnip, or
b..et, put into the ground where they may be doing
mischief. The leek is becoming so favourite is vegetable,
that it will well repay a light additional care in its;
cultivation, its value sleiwniling upon the production
of a lung, thick, well-blaitelted stem. They may bo
grown in one 1.1:01i011 to 11 or 10 iuches in length, and
upward: of 2 inches in diameter; aud, from their
growing so closely together, they form one of the meet
productive of kitchen-,mrden crops. The grouud should
Is: trenched 18 inches deep, the bottom of the trench
lacing stirred up with a fork, and 4 bwhes of good
rotten manure laid on to it; over which the whole of the
-oil from the next trench should be placed. If the ground
has not been prepared previously, it is a very convenient
course of proceeding to carry on the trenchiug and plant-
ing together, so as to prevent, in a great measure, the com-
pression of the soil alter or during planting. This is the
Inure necessary in the method about to be described, as
raking or forking about the plants still, for some time, be
impossible. The plants should be put iu about six inches
apart, and nine inches from now to row. Premising that
the soil is sutlie;ently moist to prevent it. Lining ill, the
holes for the plants should he mule fourteen inches deep,
with a thither two inches in diameter, and into each of
these a plant should be dropped and watered. The
Plants are thus placed in the most favoursble position
for growing, which they will continue to do till Christmas.
Forking or stirring the ground among growing crops is
highly beneficial to them, and it is at the mane time an
s seellent method of destroying weed-, which are now ad-
vancing rapidly. Cutting should now be entirtly discon-
tinued from a portion of the asparagus bed-, especially from
those int tided for forcing early nest winter. Continue to
put in •UCCell•i./11,li crops of peas, beau-, lettueme and
turnips. Anw rows of cauliflowers, eabb mos, and autumn
broccoli, should be planted at interval, of from 10 days to a
fortnight ; selecting the strongest plants from the beds, and
lilting and traw•ferring them with as much earth as will
hang to their roots. If beet, parsnip's, or carrots, have come
up badly, sow again d'rectly, as they will still have time to
make useful roots. Some trenches of celery should now be
planted, and more got ready for successional plantings. If
the cartoon trenches have not yet been prepared, lose no
time in doing so ; as the first sowing should now be made
in the open ground, and another in about a fortnight or
three weeks. When sown too early they are very apt to
run to geed.