Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-06-05
Garden Work for June.


lie principal work 10 the garden for June i.
to keep up 4 thorough cultivation of the plant,
IN the ground. The work to be done is as fol
lows
Cabbage Plants. Where there is n choice
Of season cabbage plants should be set out il
moist weather Bot # the weather is dry it i,
better To Transplant towards evening, water
thoroughly, and shrdc Tor a day or two the
yOung plants as much as possible.
Peas -COniinue 10 s,w row or ,wo oi
peas Ia a shady part ni the garden every ,so
We. 6S Ia >ucce>slon.
Melons and C.ntaloupCa Keep iEesc clear
oi weeds stir the soil well AMI water ii an
evening ia dry weather.
'rraDsplantlDg CaulifiVwsr and Broccoli. =
The same precautiuns which are required tor
the successful tranSplsnting of cabbage are
also required to transplant caulh)wer and broc-
cola close adhereucs TO the method given
above is all that is necessary.
Sowing Caulihower and Broccoli Seed. =
Sow SEEDS oi these in warm open borders at
any tune during this month tor "a full supply.
i,eans PLANT bunch beans at intervals OF
TWO weeks for succession. Choose a shady
border, aud water frequently after sunset.
Lettuce Transplant lettuce tor heading.
Small Saladioe Every week SOW a bed OF
small saladng to keep up a constant supply.
Radishes Thin out yoDr radi>hes 10 three
.Gches apart, and SOW fresh seed Of the sum
mcr kind at intervals of ten days
Spinach Drill in every ten days tow rows
Of spinach and see that the ground is deeply
spaded and made very rich water occasionally,
Sowing Cabbage Seed. Prepare a bed for the
reception OF cabbage seed Chiefly Flat Dutch
and Savoy to be transpauted hereafter, Tor
winter use. ..- -,
Cymblius and Cucumbers, these well
and keep them free of weeds.
Lima and Carolina Beans.-See that these
are well poled, kept clean, and that fresh sup
plies of earth are occasionally drawn about the
roots. They will need water in time OF draueht
Beets, Parsnips, and Carrots, All these roots
now require attention. Keep the earth loose
about them, weed them thoroughly, and IN
dry weather do not spare water, but neVe ap-
ply il until towards sunset.
Early Turnips. Sow bed OF turGlps fol
carly use The purple top variety is the best
Satisfy or Vegetable Oyster Keep tins ex-
celent root free of weeds, and stir the soil about
il freely and often. Do not let ITS growth tf
checked for want OF water.
Onions. Work these occasionally, Keeping
the soil loose about the bulbs, but not covering
Okra or Gumbo.-Thin out the plants where
they stand too closely, to eight inches apart
and earth up Okra requires, to bring 1t tC
perfection, deep rich, moist soil.
Tomatoes aud Egg Plants. ts.-Iransplant these
# not done before, during the early part oil tn
month.
Red Penpers. Set these ont from the seed.
he'd Work the young plants occasionally, aud
give them good supply OF water in dry
weather.
Endiges. Set out such plants as may already
have been grown In the seed bed, and sow all
ditional seed tor late crop.
Late Roasting Ears. s.--Pant ieT rows o
corn for late roasting ears
Pot and Medicinal Herbi.-Pck out from
the seed bed such plants as are large enoug'
to remove, in moist and cloudy weather, anc
shade them for few days until they have
taken root.
Peach Trees. Examine the roots OF the
neach trees few inches below the surface OF
the ground. Ii gum exudes the grub Is GER
tainly at work under the bark. Take pen
knife and cut it out by following its course, oil
follow it up with piece of wire Or coarse
knitting needle, and do not deslSt until 1t /,
found aud destroyed. Strew wood ashes around
the roots aud cover all up again.
AN ENruSIASrC CHEMIST.-Particular ar
furnished OF the accident to Professor BunSen
the chemist, which We recently recorded. II
was engaged in preparing pure rhodium, ant
having precipitated q quantity oithe metai In
f,c state of division, had lett Il IN water pat
10 dry By the carclessneSs ot his assistant tn
r,,cr had been turned off and the heat OF tn
vrssci had risen very high, when II should ha7
. hssn At the boiling point only, when he Wen
n the laboratory at midnight to mark the pro
sre>s of the experiment. just as he approacf'
al tho vessel ard had taken out the capsule con
tanning the rhodium there was fearful expic
sion. which burned his hands, his face, and hi
eyes. Before calling for help he had the pre-
sence of mind to put the capsule back upon ih
furnace, and thus preserve It, HIS inlurie
ere very serious but he will probably rtc>ve
irom them.
Ii is thoroughly characteristic OF the man o
science that IN this misfortune his irst thousi.
uas not of himself, but Of his experiment. :
When he rcgaihed consciousness his trst word
vere n request that some one should 80 to tn
laboratory and Scrape uIirom the floor the rho
;irn that had been scattered hy the explosion
fbar + ,nieht not be LOST. Having some year
400 losf tbe use of one eye by a similar cxplc
SION il was feared that tue other had been d
.t,,yri An examiuation showed that It mist
he ro,s;blc to rave his sight, and when this ia(
was announced 10 the Professor ne thauks :,
liOd thai he could now ascertain what was IL
condition of the metal when the explosion toG
placa 1t will be some tine before ne W'H
able 10 resume his scientific labors' h0Sio
1drert$er.