Litchfield enquirer., 1841-06-10
TO THE LADIES'

, I
 keep gardener, and have not much leis.
 ure to give to 1t themselves, they had better
 not undertake with the more delicate sne. cleS ot shfubbery or flowers, however temp,
 ted by their beauty; but select such kinds,
 as will thrive and make the most show, with
 the least care and attention. The whole
 tribe of roses, with some few exceptions, are of this description. They are easy to
 be obtained, increase rapidly, and though
 well repaying careful cultivation, will stlll flourish and bloom under almost entire
 neglect The various species of honeysuck
 le arc very easy to be obtained, as they will
 all grow from cuttings and take care of themselves, with very little attention. of. yours.
 1t Is well for you, if you intend to keep, shrubbery, to have a little nursery of your'
 sips and cuttings in some shady nook {;
 where you can weed, water and tend thenls
 altogether. Do not crowd them so close
 that they will not have room to grow, for
 some time before you remove them. Very
 young slips, or shrubbery, planted here and
 there along borders, require twice the timo
 and care, besides being liable to many acci-, dents Choose if possible spot where your young proteges may have the morning sun,
 but be sheltered from. the heat of the after
 part of the day. Cut your slips just below
 hud-for every bud contains the rudi-
 ments of root In this way you mayraisez
 all kinds of roses, altheas, honeysnckles,
 all the varieties of lilac, seringa, and flow
 crIng almond, with very little time, trouble or expense. The best time for setting out
 such nursery, is in the early part of the spring, when showers are frequent. Slips Esct after this time require far more care and, trouble,
 But the department of the garden on
 winch you may rely most for elegance, va ricty, and constant succession, is undoubt-
 cdly the annuals
 Ill regard to the raising of these, it is best 10 plant them together in sort of nursery t-designating the kind by labels This bed you can protect with bushes of wood from Ethe ravages of domestic fowls,and other in-
 vaders ot flower borders. The bed should be Tn dry and warm situation; for tho Hong rains which occur in the spring of the lyear often seriously damage and retard the growth of early planted seeds, If the sea- son be dry, you can water the seeds occa-
 slonally at evening, for moisture, as we'll as
 heat is indispensable to germination.-'
 When the seeds are up, and before the roots nave time to strike deep, remove them in little punches with a transplantng trowel
 taking care to have the earth we'll around
 the roots Transplant if possible, when the
 skies give promise of shower-but if your
 plants come to proper state for removal,
 and the skies do not seem disposed to ac- commodatc you, transplant in the evening;
 water and protect them for day or two
 from the heat, by reversing flower pot over , them, leaving it off at night for the benefit of the dew.
 7 In planting annlials, it is common mis-
 take to set too many in bunch. Perhaps 3 four or five plants are set together, and the 9 consequence is that all are small and puny. After your plants begin to develope them- selves, weed out all the more slender ones,
 and leave only one or two in bunch.-,
 Plant your different punches at a very good
 distance from each other, with reference to, the space which they will occupy. Thus } we have seen thrifty double balsam, ill good ground, spread over space of more
 than two feet all around. In many borders
 the flowers are crowded, and the general ef- feet Of them much injured, by not calculat-
 ing before hand the growth of each species. I Flowers should be set, too, with regard to- the effect of their colors in a border; w:.sl as much care as you would arrange them in
 a boquct. Pale and delicate flowers should i be enlivened by brighter ones and gay far y ing colors relieved by deep and rich hues. r. Thus the dark maroon tints of the scabius, e or the deep blue of the larkspur, contrast e finely with the golden tints of the corcopsis or marigold.
 V In the department of creepers, there arc many annuals capable of producing sudden
 and beautiful effects While your honey if sucklcs and roses, &c., are in training, you o can produce an immediate and very beauti- D full substitute in the scarlet beans, purple :, pea, and the varieties of convolvulus, and Il many other annuals of the kind.
 If, after reading these few hints, any of s our readers say, "after all, this raising of 'e flowers is going to be too much trouble !"-
 We say to them. only try it-get your hus- 1T band or brother, or hire some one to lay you k out border and begin; and if you do not r. find after time, that nothing seems to be
 trouble that is done with willing mind, we , are much Western Farme-.
 The New-London Journal has recently o boasted that there are 800 beautiful and ac- s complished aamGrried ladies in that city, be. s tween the agcs of sixteen and dignified thirty. o The Potsville Miners Journal, in the same = exulting spirit, says there are over 300 girl. v or young Indies in that place, varying in their ages from sweet. laughing. blushing, romp.
 ing, sly, demure. delightful sixteen, to thin, l. scraggy, dignified and intellectual thirty The Lowell, Mass, Courier says" We s really don't think there is much to boast of n in all this. Why, here we have in Lowell. y over SEVEN THOUSAND, young. lovely. cAPTI- h WAITING DAMsELs, yet unmarried. Many of e them can discourse like philosophers and sa-
 ges, write like learned doctors, sing like n nightingales, dance like fairies, and all of Q them, in the true classic spirit like Trojan '. damsels of old, can spin. To give some faint . notion of the power of their charms we may add that an old bachelor is plant that can't