The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1849-03-24
From the American Farmer.
Work il, the Garden.


'lon of seeing their families supplied with
early vegetables, must lake immediate
steps 10 lay the groundwork of raisi ng
plants. First in order, then, is
Sowing eed.--Pupare bed on warm
border, facing the South; cover it witt,
about inches of good stable manure; dig
tina, in spade deep; rake fine, and divide
your bed INTO compartments suitable 10 sow
The different kinds of seeds, as, several
kinds Of early varieties of Cabbages, Lettuce,
Tomatoes, EggplanS, Cauhfowr, Broccoli.
Rake the seed in lightly, and pat the earlh
down well with the back Of YOUR spade, so
as 10 Compress it and bring j, INTO immedi
ale ortact with the several kinds ofseeds.
When the plants Come up, should they
be attacked by lice they may be removed
by watering them with Iecoclion made
Of or ihur Of sulphur and gallon of SCOT,
10 be enc !osed in bag on which four or
five gallons OF boiling wafer may have
been poured, 10 be used when cool The
best time to wafer a this season is about
noon. The above nsielent will bear two
or three applications of boiling Wa Ter, with
out losing lis effective writes,
SalsW or Fcgdable Oysters.-Prepare
bed as yon would for bees. and drill in
seed of his fine vegetable, and you will be
sure OF good crop.
Brussels Sprouts. Prepare bed IN the
same manner as we have directed for early
,urI'ip~, and SOW the seed of this vegetable
and YOU will secure 10 your household a
supply of sprouts only excei!ed by those of
the cabbage. lfyou sow early this month
'hey will come in soon after the cabbage
sprouts give out.
Early PsH-As soon as The bed you de
sign for early peas is dry enough to be
dug well, manure it moderately, dig up,
with narrow slice, to the full depth Of the
spade; let The raking be thorough, then lay
II oil into drills, fonr or five feet wide. ac-
c"rdi"g 10 the kind of pea you may plant
? inches deep, that done, drill in yonr peas
tolerably thick, draw the dirt over Them
with our Noe; and compress the earth with
The back ofi'. When your peas are up a
lew inches high. work them with The hoe,
hauling The earth up TO lie vines, so as 10
hill them moderately. In TWO VIZ Ks more
give The II another working, increasing the
size OF the hill, that done, stick them, and
you need not fear Il good and early yield.
You need not apprehend any danger
lIom frost, as the pea is tenacious Of life,
and may with safety, be pat in The very
moment the frost is out of The ground.
Should tros! or snow come after they are up,
they will receive no injury.
Early Potatoes. may be planted
The very moment the frost allows you al
opportunity to spade up The ground
Rad'shes. Tie sooner you SOW bed
OF these, on a warm border, the better.
he ground should be well MANFRED with
Ioaen dung; well dug aud thoroughly ra-
ke,l.
Beefs, Carrots ana Parsnips. Prepare a
a bed by InaIuring with rotten dung, dig it
up deeply, and rake i, thoroughly, in this
led sow seeds OF each of these roots for
early use. A small bed will answer for a
family.
Rtubarb.-Procure dozen or so of the
plants Of this excellent vegetable and set
Them out, to supply your table with rar..
Gooseberies and Currants Dig and
manure around the roofs ol,hese bushes,
trim out their heads and keep the grass and
weeds down, and you will be sure 10 have
lois oil fine mutt. If, however you have
none in your garden, see 10 il and have
then planted therein, forthwith.
Raspbe,rics is the lime to clean,
manure, and tie up your raspberries, as al
so TO plant, them ifyou have none in your
garden.
Standardization Off your strawberry
beds and slightly dig in some we'll rouel
manure; Then rake aud lay fresh straw be-
ries in your garden, plant them without de-
lay.
Aspardgus.-Spread some well-rol'ed
manure on your asparagus beds, fork it
in, then rake and s,,ew salt over
them. Should you be without asparagus,
procure plants from nurseryman and set
out a bed. No garden should be without
this vegetable.
Celery-Prepare bed and sow celery
seed for early use.
Roses and other Shrubs fower.-All Of
these should be moderately manured and
carefully spaded around. And ii you
have none in your garden, you should pro-
euro some Teach kind, and plant Them
out, as no garden should be without such
sources Of pleasure and delight
Grapes.-Manure your grape vines with
a compost made of parts of woods mould
| part ashes, and part bone dts after
mixing these ingredients together apply
peck Of the compost, broadcast to each vine
dig Ii lightly in, and then rake the earth;
If not done before, prune your vines, wipe
The wound dry, and paint it with mix