Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-02-10
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we AXE the following articles from the
North Carolina Planter" a new Agricultu- I
ral journal just commenced in this City,
They are from the pen of s. W. WEsrBRook,
Esq, Editor of the Horticultural Department
OF the Planter-a gentleman well known
throughout the South for his practical expe-
rience and scientific skill in all the depart>
ments ofGardening, Orcharding, DC. What
he writes, may therefore be considered as re-
liable, based upon actual knowledge. Price
Of the Planter 81 a year. Address A. NJ.
German, Publisher Raleigh, N. G.
Gardening for February.
The wise man hath said, "to every thing
there is a season, and a time to every pur-
pose under heaven" and among the rest, a
time to plant. True but we must acknowl-
edge that the season is so very different from
the parallel time of past years, that we do
not know how to anticipate what should be
the mode Of procedure in garden economy for
the present month, to insure success in rails
ing early vegetables, Bot we would advise
our readers 20 m active operations in
the preparation Of the soil, if this work has
not been done by trenching or spading du-
ring the months ofOctober and November
The soil that was on top last year, should be
inverted, by spadlng at the same time throw
up the under stratum from beneath to the
depth of a foot, so that the atmosphere may
exert an ameliorating influence upon it, de
composing those dormant clements of fertility
so necessary to secure a %luxuriant growth Q
vegetables. After the lands have been sub
ected to the action of the frost for a week Of
wo, give them a heavy dressing from the
compost heap, and at the same time appl
salt broadcast, at the rate of two bushels t
the acre, and plough the whole under to tn
depth of four or FIVE inches. In this conditio
let the beds lie until the time to SOW seeG
or transplant.
The beds designed for onions should
well MANFRED with the scrapings from II
barn house. Small onions and GLOVES may
set out and onion seeds sown as soon as Il
ground is ready to receive them.
Irish Potatoes may be planted now in de,
burrows, two feet apart. Drop the potato
or pieces, one foot in the row, fill the furrc
half full of we'll rotted manure from the hor
stable, then throw a furrow upon the n
nure and potatoes with a barshear plouE
then cover the whole with leaves from I
forest, at least six inches thick, and thr
brush enough over them to keep the Wi
from blowing them away.
Now is the time to make or repair
frames and sash Of the hot beds for start
+, early peas, cabbages, radishes, lettuce etc
/, Mr.. Peabody, Horticultural Editor of
American Cotton Planter, recommends a v
! cheap hot bed made after the follow
plan, which no doubt is fully sufficient
sou them use Excavate a piece Of groun
large as the frame is to be, twelve inc
- deep in this put six inches of good cot
seed, fill up with garden soil and put on
IS frame. The frame may be made of CONF
t. rough plank, facing and sloping south, '
n a common window sash to cover it. In
plant the seeds; the heat of the cotton
force the plants into a quick growth. In 7
ar wea Their, take off the sash so that the pl'
t. may have fresh air. Where cotton seed
Ks not be had, stable manure will answer. Il
P convenient some old mating, straw, or
~ u to place over the sash in very cold weat