The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-03-26

order, plant Wilson's Albany Seeding o
Large Early Scarlet, in rows four feet apar
and two feet in the row. The summer crl
tivation can be chiefly performed with tn
|cultivator, provided the weeds are not al
lowed to get the start Of you. 1t is but
slight job to dress out a considerable patch
and, II frequently done, but little worl
with the hoe will be necessary. But if 70,
desire only small garden patch, you hat
better plant two feet apart each way, an(
let but few young plants grow, and sucl
only as are set the greatest distance from
the hill. BY this method, Of course, hant
culture must be relied upon. II your
daughters would attend to this az well a.
other garden work, they will not be lnJur
ed by the exercise. Let the girls stir them
4 selves ont doors moderately, but regularly
every day. Many daughters Of the coun.
try are becoming namby- pamby, like some
of the town-an evil that should be cOrrec.
ted by ali parents who understand the rela-
tiOns Of outdoor air and exercise to health
| Those who have but q limited tract OF land
| will do well to raise from one to ten acres
Of Strawberries, according as the market is
more or less accessible. All farmers sho'ld
have Il family patch, as the cost is Little an !
the luxury very great.
| WHAT A GARDEN MAY BE.-Here lei me
outline, in brief, what farmers garden
may be made, without other than home
| labor. A broad walk shall run down the
middle Of either square enclosure, or long
paralielogram. A box edging upon either
| side is OF little cost, and contributes emf
| nentiy to Eea.ness; il will hold good for
| eight years, without too great encrnach-
fnent. and at that time, will Sell to the nr,r-
serymen for more than enough to paw the
COS. OF resetting. On either side OF this
walk. in border Of 81 tx feet wide, the far
rner may plant his dwarf fruit, with grapes
at intervals, to climb upon home made
cedar trelMs, that shall overarch and en-
bower the walk. II he love an evening pipe
in his garden, he may plant some simple
seat under one Or more Of these leafy ar
| bors.
! At least one half the g:srden, as ! before
suggested, ne may easily arrange TO TILL
/ spiinS and aalumn,--With the plow; and
whatever lie places there in the way of tree
and shrub, must be in lines parallel with
the walk. On the other half, he will De
subjected 70 no such Limitations; there. lie
| Will establish his perennials-his aspara-
gus, his thyme, his sage, and parsley; bis
| rhubarb, his gooseberrieS, Strawberries.
and raspberries; and in All angle-hidden
/ il he choose by belt Of shrubbery--he may
have his hOtbed and compost heap. Fork
| culture, which all these crops demand, will
admit Of any arrangement he may prefer,
| and he, may enlivep the groupings, and win
the good wife's favor, by here and there a
| little circlet Of such old-fashioned flowers
as :ulips-yellow lilies and white, with
roses OF all shades. -
Upon the other half he may make distri,
button of parts, by banking the various
crops with border lines Of China or Refu-
gee beans; and he may split the whole
1-crosswise, by. walk overarched with
| climbing Limas, or the London Horticul-
ltural-setting off the two ends with an
abutment Of Scarlet-runners, and sur
base Of fiery Nastnrtium.
There are also available and pretty de-
vices for making the land do double duty.
The border lines of China beans, which will
be ripened in early August, nayhave Swedes
sown in their shadow in the first days OF
July, SO that when the Chinas have fulfilled
their mission, there shall be new line of
purple green in their place. The early
| radishes and salads may have their little
circlets Of cucumber pits, no way interfer-
ing with the first, and covering the ground
when the first are done. The early Bas-
sano beets will come away in time to leave
space for the full flow Of the melons that
have been planted at intervals among
them. The caulitiower will find grateful
shade under the lines Of sweet corn, and
the newly-set winter cabbages, Temporal
~ refuge from the sun, under shelter of the
ripened peas. ] do not make these sug-
gestions at random but as the results Of
actual and successful experience.
With such simple and orderly arrange
ment, Involving no excessive labor,
think every farmer and country-liver may
take pleasure in his garden as an object of
beauty;-making Of it a little farm in min
iature, with its coppices Of dwarf trees, its
hedge rows OF currants and gooseberries,
and its meadows Of Strawberries and
thyme. From the very day on which, in
spring, he sees the first, faint, upheaving,
tufted lines Of green from his Dan-O'-
Rourkes, to the day when the dangling liz
mas, and sprawling. bloody tomatoes are
smitten by the frost, it offers a field Of con-
slant progress, and ofprogressivet riumphs.
Line by line, and company by company,
the army Of green things take position; the
little t0wery, banners are flung to the
wind; and 10! presently every soldier of
them all-plundering only the earth and
sunshine-is loaded with booty. TX Murrel.
TIE DYING WIFE.-The following most
touching fragment of letter from diving
wife TO her husband was found some