Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-10-22

PLANTING PoTAToEs IN AuTUMN.--With a
view to obtain new potatoes earlier than by
the usual process Of spring-planting, pre-
pared small patch in the garden, as fol-
lows:
Dug trenches nine inches deep, two feet
four inches apart-strewed on the bottom
long stable manure-set early Junes, whole,
eight inches apart; then another layer Of
long litter, fresh from the stable, and filled
up with four inches of soil. All this on 18th
November.
AS soon as the surface got to be we'll fro
zen, spread, as is my usual practice, light
layer of straw all over the garden. They
appeared above ground l4th May. Dug be-
tween rows, and planted seventy-fve early
York cabbsges. Dug 26th July, one and
three quarter bushels and two quarts, leav-
ing the cabbage almost headed. Dimensions
of patch, 252 square feet, which, throwing
away the two odd quarts, gives 303 bushels
to the acre. Such yield, however is not to
be expected from field culture on large
scale, nor is the process and its results suffi-
GENTLY tested to warrant its adoption ex-
tensively; but under certain circumstances
it may be convenient and good economy,
and the result of this little experiment af-
fords good encouragement to repeat it.
A6 I0cptGts ah OtiiA SAOBI NhV bNhCuhDN WIS
q failure. Potatoes Of same kind planted Sd
April came up and matured ten days earlier
the fall planted, however, turned out
larger, and very few small-and it is believed
much more in quantity, though there were
no means of making an accurate comparison
1t is intended this fall to repeat the expert.
ment with "peach blows" (earliness being
out of the question:, with furrows wide
enough apart to admit of plewing between
and filling up at the proper time with cab
bage or ruta-baga plants.-C., Salisbury
Mills, August, 1900 Country Gentleman.
TIE BEST GRASSES FOR LAwNs.-A cor
respondent of the Ohio Cultivator, in allusion
to the experiments which are in progress to
test the value of the Sperguld piIlifera fol
lawns, recommends the Anychid dichotoma
the Guerra of Linneus, and known by the
English name of forked chickweed, "a very
different thing, however, from the common
chickweed.) This writer says; eve have
this little plant growing in our baclS-dool
yard, where no bluegrass would flourish
and never was Brussels carpet softer to the
tread, or of finer tint than its beautiful
] velvety green"
We commend this delicate little plant
| delicate in appearance, not in constitution,
which exists in many localities throughout
the country to the trial of all interested in
rural improvement. AS it is an annual
however, there may be some objections on
the score of durability. There are number
of plants that ought to be tried in this way
The necessity of moving lawns every week
or oftener, in order to keep them in proper
condition, when made of grass, renders il
important to procure some thing else, OF
dwarf growth, that shall not need this con-
slant attention, if such a thing is possible.
At the same time it is very questionable if
we shall find plant perfectly hardy that
will not kill out in patches, nor become a
form soft carpet for the feet. The Arenarid
stricta is very small, dne-lsafed plant, and
may possibly be worthy place among Others
for experiment; and while the A1ychia is an
annual, the Arendria is a PERENNIAL Com1-
try Gentleman.