The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-03-06
from the GARDENERS Monthly.l
AGRICULTURAL.
Farm, Garden and HOusehOld-Sug-
gestiOns and Information for the
Season.

Winters cold and Spring WlnQs,
general planting will commence. 1t
is best, however, not to be in hurry;
cold winds are very hard on Spring
planted trees. Whenever planting is
done, always shorten in most of the
last seasons growth. It is through
these much of the evaporation takes
place that dries up and kills tree
before the new roots are formed. Let |
it be a rule neUer to plant O tree tostb |
ont pruning 1t. Some, who get most |
of their horticultural knowledge in |
their closets, will object to this, as
opposed to theories taught by profess
sors. Never mind. Plant two trees
near together; prune one severely,
and leave the other unpruned. You
will not afterwards feel it a disgrace
to be dubbed practical gardener"
Never plant on cold, windy day.
and do not plant fruit trees on a poor,
thin soil Subsoil, drain and enrich,
cannot be kept too prominently be-
fore the planter. If the trees grow
too luxuriantly to bear well after this,
it is easily remedied We can plant
dwarf trees, or root prune. or practice
summer pinching and training. The
last can only be done, successfully,
by experts Where skill can not be
employed dwarfng and not pruning
will be extensively used.
VEGETABLE GARDEN.-In the mid
die States the work for February will,
for the most part, consist of prepare
tions for future operations, and par
ticularly for dealing with the manure
| A IL 4hooo binds hot ,ro
grown for their leaves or stems re-
quire an abundance of heterogeneous
manures; and it is useless to attempt
vegetable gardening without it. To
this class belong cabbage, lettuce,
spinach, ETC. The other class, which
is grown principally for its seeds or
pods, Gas beans, peas, etc., do not re-
quire much manure of this character;
in fact. they are injured by it. 1t
causes too great growth of stem and
leaf, and the earliness-a great aim in
vegetable growing-is injuriously af-
fected. Mineral manures, as wood
ashes, bone dust, etc., are much better
for them. For vegetables requiring
rich stable manure, it is better that
they have it well rotted and decayed.
Nothing has yet been found so we'll
fitted for, the purpose as cold hot bed
dung; though, to the smell no trace of
ammonia " remains in it.
20 In managing the vegetable garden,
the highest excellence should be aim
ed at. This is the chief source Of
pleasure in garden. If one can take
no pleasure in his garGen-f the
watching of the beautiful process of
nature in furnishing him food, and
the many lessons they teach him,
which he in a thousand ways can so
pleasurably and proftably apply, have
no charms or attractions for him, he
had better give up gardening, for, as
suredly, in most cases, even to ninety
nine in one hundred instances, the
market gardener will bring the vege-
tables to his own door cheaper than
he can grow them. Amateur garden
ing should, primarily, be pursued fol
the lessons it teaches and the pleasure
it affords; when it ceases to do this
it should be abandoned.
One of the most interesting parts Of
vegetable garden is hot-bed fol
starting seeds early. The end of tine
month will be time enough for those
who have not command OF a large
supply of stable manure, as the very
low temperature we often get at the
end of the month, soon absorbs all tn,
heat the hot-bed possessed. It is il
any event, best to put up the beds il
a the warmest and most sheltered spot
we can find, and to keep cold wind
from the manure, by covering it will
branches of trees or mats, and tn,
glass should always be covered will
mats at night. Tomatoes, egg plants
peppers and cucumbers are the frs
seeds to be sown.in this way. Coole
frames can be got ready for caulifow
er, lettuce, beets, celery, and Earl
York cabbage, a little of which ma,
be sown about the end of the mont
for the earliest crop. The caulihowe
is particular vegetable, and no ex
pense spared to get them in perfection
will be regretted when ones effort
are successful.
w. In the open air, should the weathe
> prove favorable, as it often is abou
the end of the month, peas and 20
tatoes may be planted. Frost seldom
g, gets deep enough in new dug groun
40 to iniure them. after this date.
In the more Southern States, tn
gardener will lose no time in gettin
in his potatoes, beets, carrots, pars
rk nips, peas. spinach, radishes, lettuce
n onions, and salsafy. These shoul
On be the first crops put in after tn
a- season breaks up for good. The ea1
~ lier they are in the better. Aspara
= gus. rhnbarb, and horseradish bed
may now be made. Asparagus roo
. are generally pinneted too thickly t
produce fine shoots-they starve on
another. A bed of five feet wild
8, should have three rows, an
= the plants set about eighteen inche
: apart. A deep soil is very import