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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-09-18
DON'T drive lame HORSES

RhAGDON and Martins well known stand for.
merry occupied BY Woodcock and Gould of
Jobing and all kinds work done to order ana with
9ispatch. Particular attention Civ en- to Horse
shoeing. Thankful Tor past favOrs wish 10 in.
they will always find me in the shop when am
not in the Franklin House. JOHN VI, FICKETT
Hrahkhhs une Aoth 1879. tf25
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THE PORTLAND
Kerosene Oil Company
Would inform the public. that they continue to


"ould INFORM the pubiic. mat they continue TO
Manufacture
Portland Kerosene OIL.
The prevalence OF a large quantity of inferior
ana dangerous oils IN the market. at cheap price
many of which are little better than Saptha
itscli-and the existence Of false reports IN regard
to the PORTLAND KEROSENE OF, render il u
matter OF Justice To ourselves, ; well As safety 10
consumers, that some notice should be taken OF
uesc facts. Therefore, we again present an adj.
vcrtiscment, and would call attention To the high
standard OF our oils. THE REFINED PETROLEUM
the fire test Of which Il l.: Tue PoRTLANb
hEk"sfNE the nre test of which IL IL degrees
Fahrenheit, and often reaches considerably nixh
est also, We would say, that We are determine
to MAINTAIN their long established reputation.
PORTLAND kEROSESE OIL COMPANY.
We quote from chap. - X. ;. ISL. the It'll, -
said chapter being inspection and sale of Manu-.
featured Articles
SECT. 81. Every person and corporation en-
gagged IN manufacturing petroleum. coal oil ar
burning huid, shall cause every cask or other yes
sci thereof 10 be 50 inspected and marked BY A
sworn Inspector. And II any person rnauultct-
ures or sells such oil or BURNING fluid not So I'm.
spectcd and marked IN THIS STATE or that has
not been so inspected amt mark cd as unsaG, ior
Illuminating purposes, he shall FAY A FINE Nur
kFCEEnING FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS or b., i'm
prlsoned six months in the county jail upon Ia
dc,ments therefor
foftanar Me, April II, ISIS Gtnus 20
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lY JOEN ii. DRAPER & o., AU' TONE iRs
ID The delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Company viii sell -
II 400 tons Scranton Caat & -. q
Mt public auction, Wednesday, June 81 oclock
no0n ut 6 Exchange place.
SAMUEL SLOAN, Preside mt
DY MAX BAYERSDoPFER AUCTION ER.-sELLs
ID Mona 3et Spring street, ~ rye stock GESTURE,
Tools. Showcases, Soda Fountain, &C. vi frs. ella on.
fcctionery. Max BANEksDUn FEk'S office ~ bUWcry
DY CAMpB SIT 4 co, AUC- IONr ERS-WILL SCI, Il,
ID on nesday, June % at O CLOCK 4 rn on, on rem
ises IN West Hchoken near observatory, two beaui iu
improved Building Lots, fronting on Washington and
AeehaM ken str els 1sxl0 10 minutes rom Hohoke U
tory. Aucto,ae rs Office, a4S son street
- Non lay, Jgnc q at Tx O'CLOCK. 30 l3 Bowcry,
ASSIGNEE sale o. Wnes liquors, Cigar. viz. So barrels
keys; casks Branlic. Sin, &e aisc 40 r. ri aud
sherry Wines, zV Wines liquors 80 skels and
cases Chamragnes, Iaiors; also Havana Cgars large
WED. A. MERCh. MILE Assignee
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THE TURF.


FLEETWOOD ASSOCIATION
Spring Meeting. 1874 .E
THIRp DAt-suNDAl, JUNK -.
a. Carroil's Oh. "a. Highland Maid.
James pugrey's Dr. m, Ida ffcton.
AIDE Alden ss srsas%'s b. 3 AS SSnS,In''
alexander Paterson's br IN. Brown Kitty.
Pierce llaydcn's br. IA. Lady Anna.
Daniel Pliers br. q Barney Kelly.
Purse No. 8, sl.oOo-For rs Horscs
James Twins blk. Charles h Loew formerly Patch.
Ben amin Mucc'sb m Clara O.
| Otis Bart's b. 4. Confidence.
| George \. Fefguson's W. g. Crown Prince.
| FOURTH pAis. at. EsDAY JUNE q
| NJ. Rodcn's b. e. Penobscot
George iledien's br. b. Asa .
| NJ carroIrs Blk. s. Winthrop Mcrren. Jr.
X. j. Anderson's blk. z. Winfield
! IF Ackcrman's Dr. TampcrIon.
p psI1s, Mas %, ,: g II" Ms ssir Nj,
Alden goldsmith sbr: IN Volunteer Ie'le. 'tH'
Alexander paiterson's b. g. Frank Koch
A. McDonaidsb g Richsrds
Daniel Pliers br. IN. Lady Filter.
Ihes Lse'srg Henry Woollsy Qormeriy spang'e.
Purse No 6 ss,Go,-For IA Horses
Peter Names b. 8. VIM II. Al en-.
Alden Godsnh's b. ID. Huntress
daniel Mace oh. g Judge Fullerton
in harness, and TO be governed by the rules OF the Ma
tonal cation In case OF postponemcnt Of
day Any driver sSs,iu,ed tor another a. aathoriSea
by rule No y, will be paid $50 Tor such service.
w Mh be- Or sces s In
Admission to grand stand and field 81 Badges 30 Club
H1a,use, endorsed by member; ~ ..
every mnu,cs rect fqt the park Trains Forty
second depot at II 40 4 ~ Se ssss an SIssn,
Wa. w. Van Corr, Superintendent
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JACOB BUGARf, AuCTiOSEER,
MONDAY Junr 2A
nj IL O'Clock, AZ ile Auction Room. NO North william
street, lyy Uo1d One custom made Ciotniig, Fancy
0cois Cutlery from Nafe, lclse cloth aps, 3c
rrcech loading ne., GO bc.te sewing n,sc ,ine M,
Dress Goonr aces, TrInpg, Gsves, Dre.E shirf
Drawers, boots straw iais ka Der Bais ,fid Wis HE
cashmere men ana bOy-' itiothiife ne Guticly
kmAs Forks showcasc, dc. Cash deposits required
r. rEAvEG, TIoNEEP.-MARsHALs SALE
Jones Arcet, large ior nniyr. tUnhr.!A .Evd and
Diamond Jewclrv. Household urnure. &c par un,s
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cTIoy or THE CENTRAL AND HUDSON RIVER
"A Rsiroaj Company -, Il
meeting of the Board Of Drectors OF the New York
Central and Hudson RIVER Railroad Company. held on
the list day OF june, 1873,
The death 81 Horace r. Clark. member of the Board
having cen ANNOUNCED was ordered that the 70 low
be entered the minutes and that copy thereof
ened by the Proper officers vi this company be trans
mtied 10 his family
In the death OF Horace r. Clark the members this
Board have lost With whom they have been long and
closely associated upon whose counsel hey could
always depend with confidence; one whoe activity in
tho interests OF the enterprise they represent was I'M
sonai int recourse with whom will always be pleasant.
Mi. Clark became connected with the railroad inter
tts OF the country mt time when they were COMPARE
lively small Being i'll the full vigor OF physical and in
tecctual manhood, and bringing TO bear upon these
interests the force OF hi, rong personality OF character
az well as the unrcscrvcd application Of mind lphy
cultured and ST ictly trained, may be truly said thf
the great OF the railroad system anu it, heat
fnl development to its cnt magnitude are largely
and directly due his aborsabors into which he en-
with energy almost unsurpassed labors viii III
no doubt led TO tie event they now met to con-
slider
parucipator in everything relating to prog
ofcer in the various forming the line
IL railroads connecting the Atlantic with the Pacific
reaching To OceancrosSng our entire cOIi
try and the master spirit in many OF then with ready
lions nciden al thereto fertility OF mind and capacity
for adapaton that never failed, great indeed Is the
space made vacant by hIs death. -
man and gensIeman-a true ana . steadfast friend.
What more can be saidf .
closer bloSd kindred the members Of this
Board give Individually, their earnest sympathy, ana
sadly put on record this tribute to the memory OF Horace
y. Clark.
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SPECIAL. NOTICES.

w~~-
AT NESTING or TnE COMMITTEES Or AZ
rangcments OF the recent charity matinee In aid Of
the Founding Asylum held at the Asylum Thursday
evening, June ~ 1873, uc following resolutions were
unanimously adoptei:-
Resolved behalf OF the rvusdtns Asylum, That this
committee deem IL right publicly to express thsu sppre-
theatrical professions upon past occasions and most par
uculsrly IN manner 50 unanimous and 80 >ignal AZ the
lac rrau CHARITY matinee 10 the appeals Tor ana oi the
Re,o we'd That each and all Of the theatrical and
musical artists whose corporation rendered that .
sion event marked aud success 30 substantial {
inicres ed IN the management Of this institution bot
the entire community IN whose midst and towards whose
benefit IL is aboring.
Ecsolyei That such expressions OF thanks and appre
liable and fas In The past been often most kindly ana
eli eriuy contributed The o. the late matinee
~ IL Unprecedented combination OF talent III IL W cree
OF every detail Arrangement and IN Us gran wing
results, ism hsei memorable testimonial 10 ~ skill ~
manager his influence and. best all
mis- phiiant.lropic svmpa hics.
esoived, thai 10 his assistants IN every ucpnr ncM
the coinm toe woul also offer their earnest thanks
May contributions 10 the cause vi tue helpless whb
oi Humanity 10 these aud al the bene factors OF the
Asylum rraIeui remembrance and fountain OF future
JEREMIAH oulNLAN. Chairman
JOHN o'BRIES.
iarfi [. TTiEBAup,
Dennis o'DoNUGIUE.
MATTHEW LEavY,
SAMUEL o. A. MgkrHy.
WILLIAM LUnMls, secretary.
Committee OF Arrangements
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A F. AND 4. M-RELICs OF GENERAL WASH
IA ington and the Revolution BETS, BURNETT
CO. 9 broadway, will sell public auction, on Wednos
day next, June IS ut Morristown. N j.
firsi-lhe Headquarters OF General Washington.
Second-lhe Masonic scarf used by General Washing
ton while N. W. q. 81 OF the Order, and by him pre-.
sentcd as o mark Judge Cunning Bedford Of
Delaware, whose family II has been kept as revcrd
heirloom tor several generations
Sale ost by. order OF Major l. Thomas, oil the Bohtu
Of Publ c Works Washington. u. Z.
For further particular, inquire OF -
BETS, BCRNETT 4 CO.
ITO Broadwoy,
rooms and y
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= ''D' MospAr. M FER. s Row. New York.
positive and uI.rrscrved ale or
deliehunlly located at
near tho village Ha Lyeeuao AGA envy. public school
ae on Lafayette avenue, Brighton avvna stree'
Band, HAIR on. collation. sc. Ticxets &C. at Once a
'''"l'' JUN r SsEsoaY. JUNE "a,
great continuation safe,
81 n'aanifcent o 5 al
some OF the very nsss o ss o. the tract are included
n this sale They are near NE seamloa landing sery
Steamboat Exear.on Ma ic Collation. Harrison &c
srea, uuressrssa sss d sS Ssaau lots at
hyde laisn, y L3fs
at AMI the depot adjoining Stewards Garden city.
Maps 'sf sAe-rsion usAs's A = H1Ifs o r.
q PARK row, New York
IERE. JOHNSON, IN; :. NJ aiBa ON, AUCTION sER
continuation sale ''i7 A@#
+. Auction extraordinary.
Gigantic offering pri@s business and suburban Prop.
wLDN SEA se 81 ,E s' ~ 1873
~ Il o'clock NJ ON tho pr.mscs by imperative order IN
:. &c, eomsIl ing ths raa,,.
GSr s@s torn '
sss s sna raS q %SH At s 70 51s
ssar ys eay rss cSn b%cns goa ani o
and Is unri, led DO and wat IRON Oh the LACK
cnsack River SAID ~ fect in chalne and Is beet
cold water banks, ayaecntto The penny vana Raii.
Works the largest ama nnc.t IN The ord Also,
crow tho areatssl sae iaic an New Jersey ~
pz7 super liz ibla Lots.
N4su wor h ST. nJ0L
The most accessible, conveyehl, hsAthy and rapidly
q ss < any sG ~ y r sipy ss
aud three lines o. horse car .ny cisl, in,nucs rom
terry, nearer City nal than Twvntytiud street. All
closed out under ne hammer without nin reserve
Grauiia famous Bani tho ini,ntable Harrison ana a
sumptous colaaop vii, render business pleusanL axe
SIC eai team. fcnuSyiyaa Kali 3D. at IL y ociotk loot
OF and aud d. sbro-ses rec FOR III de scrip
Maps xcrsn card' ard intorna ion apply to OIL
AfES Il I'd, ~ Mai len Apc TO b Nr JUHN,stN Jr.,
Auctlonccr q Park row New YORK, or to j. NJ UibsoN,
Ncddnecr ~ Montgomery s,rce, corner Of Green
soy tiy, ~ I" III t1fs
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. SPECIAL NOTICES.

,>,,.4oS SPECIAL Offices: ,,~,~~>,,o~
O's'0'A1ks tN sHssY sr1rn rerrnn1rs =,
kEsrucKr-ExrnA CLASS NO 80 -JuSx u. lTx
q snI,srs 4 T. !" 10 =? SOUS, . II J, o.
10 si N Co. g San as ccsins e
SHELBY coLLrcs, KxInA CLASS NO. Is'-syss Il lsa
s. q eS4l z q sS Il Z :. is =
D. - 3 sni n g. n aan "a co q XIV
address c. Henry. care ). clute, Broker, 10 Broad
way. Post office box 1919 - -
PEFoRM ASSOCIATION. -.
All woTkmen suspended .y epsrenIt Of Parks WI
EDWARD BuRKE, ~ ss,ts street
SASuSh sGTAaps Ss sss. yssh'h s'eet
$A;hIsS SSEiLss %an nih,a Street ''f'''
Hfsn S 8 Hrwo sh5.' so sris. street
s%HS 3 rTHtayAasfTSS Il sr Sss 1sn' street
b. RnoSLuE II 20 inst Twentieth street +.
s':ssf :,: street
ESs sSss n f,isSs! !, .,...,
M Sl N5ah Ell e. r asd
JAMES H. wsIsh soS SSs;sw.n
WV = M.y.srvrr, Jr. Secretaries.
The above committee will report 70 the Association on
Wasssdsy evening next 10 inst 0elveA at f'n
IL
IL % German statc Lotteries Send Tor ~ Ct cu'ars
Post once box asse IS Nassau street, reom.
| n,o BUIl DERs AND CONTRACTORS. LOADS
near Mini avenue. ~ ~ u
THE sun HAVING MIsRGPREsENrfD AND
latter he Justice Of vindicaion through he channel q
MISREPRESENTATION even a an advertisement Tor which
alrnsss IN Al things Win Ind in June
n s m
THR CLASS OF '7s. OF THE NEW YORK UNTyEksI
y, partook Of their class dinrcr az oehncnicos, cor
IN June . oiass rredenI ei me was 4 Ba,
NJ Hon, responded 10 the class toast VI 1
$2UDUvU Se5y nraTle; gS;.'ySlSy Jay
ply to 7. G payLN, siaaoner. ~ Liberty street
$500 600 MsnK in az
D EaP 1 as sI Ssaa@sy Tickets Tor sale ''
$589589 pf1 y Es
Sroadway.
sPOR1ING-DoGs. BIRDS, sc.
! A BREEoHLoADINa HUNTING GUN WANTED
r sHi p u ssa'
A FOR SALE, ALL KINDS OF FANCY Dogs
~ Birds Dc Medicines r ,0r al dseases s frsrsrea
street, Canal N&k-4
LIRsT CLASS THOROUGH BROKE POINTERS AND
j Settlers, Setter Pups. Particular attent on paid %
S ednpea ana ali Mango m sma Flea E
terminat0r Dogs boarded train d. cropped TRIMMED In
the neatest H. GAR DNER,
Ill South Fifth avenue corner OF Prince street.
DOR SALE-THE IIANDSOMEST WHITE sPITZ DOC
IL In the city; good watch dog also cool Black
and IAN Shut; 3 cd ratter Call at 81 West Twenty
second street MOnday.
mold FISH AT W II OLESALE A d RETATI.-FANCY
NJ Dogs OF oil kinda; common and Fancy Pigeons; Lop
cared Rabbits Squirrels, &c. At HALE q OvNKLIN'3
100 Fulton street, New York.
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A T COLLEGE POINT, 1. LIS FIRST CLASS LQTS
n adjoining the depot at IN .tion, by r. A. LAWRENCE
CO.. Wednesday,, June -, at ~ O'Clock, on the
ground; title per &C: terms easy: Take "a - train
IRON Hunters Point and arrive at Only sale OF
there
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ERASD TEMPLE GIFT CONCERT
VI al Omaha July u.
Positively S22u. ta5 In cash sifts.
One chance In u ne.
Tickets 81 each: six Tor 35
Matl

5242 GIFTS amounting to ....................$ $40 5s
All the above gifts will be distributed by com
missioners ater The concert
Tickets ior saic at DEvILN's stationery store. 81
Liberty street. and by " L. DAVIS 9T broadway, room
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-03-01
HOW SOIL WAS MADE.

Prot. Agazzis says that all the ma
terials on which agricultural progress
depends are decomposed rocks, not so
much those that underle the soil but
those on the surface, and brought from
a considerable distance, and ground to
powder by the rasping of the glaciers.
Ice all over the continent is the agent
that has ground out more soil than all
other agencies put together. The pen
etration of water into the rocks, frosts,
running water and baking suns have
done something, but the glaciers more.
In former age, the whole United
States was covered with ice, several
thousand feet thick; and this ice, NOV
ing from north to south by the attrac-
ton of the tropical warmth or pressing
weight of the snow and ice behind,
ground the rock over which it passed
into the paste which we call soil. These
masses of ice can be tracked as game is
tracked by the hunter He has made a
study of them in this country as far
south as Alabama, but has observed the
same phenomenon in Europe, particu-.
larly in Italy, where, among the Alps,
glaciers are now in progress. The
stones and rocks ground and polished
by the glaciers can easily be distin-
guished from those scratched by run
ming water. The angular boulders
found in meadows and the terraces of
rivers not reached by water can be ac-
counted for only in this way. ECs}
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How Much Salt to q Pound Of Butter.
From Journal Of the Farm.

From Journal Of the Farm.
l have been surprised to find how!
few of our dairymen are able to answer
this question. Many of them tell us
that experience has enabled them to
salt by guess, so as to best suit their
customers, and some few put in the
salt by. measure. 1t is well known
fact that butter for Philadelphia mar
ket must be much heavier sailed than
that intended for either New York or
Baltimore; this may be the result of
taste which has been governed by hab-
it, Much of the butter in New York
is sailed at the rate of three-fourths of
an ounce of salt to pound of butter;
the average of our city market will pro-
ably not vary much from one ounce per
pound. "a
Some have an idea that salt is added
to butter to make it keep, and that
without the addition it would soon be-
come rancid This will apply to cheese,
but not to butter which has been pro-
perly made; the former contains casein,
but well worked butter should contain
none. Cheese requires about three per
cent of salt to keep Improperly but habit
seems to demand fully five per cent in
butter.
We have repeatedly weighed both
butter and salt, and find that one ounce !
of the latter to a pound of the former
suits our customers best, and of course
while. their taste demands it we shall !
not use less, although we believe so
much to be needless. J
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POTATOES.
Boston Journal Of Chemi,try.

Boston Journal Of Chemi,try.
We all have observed the great de-
terioration in our potato crops during
the past ten or twenty years; and what
is the cause Of this alarming decrease of
tubers? Can science, can chemistry
point out the reason, or aid in remedy
ing the difficulty? We think it can,
and in order to place the matter in a
clear light, we will point out the kind
and amount of food which the potato
demands. We had field of potatoes
upon the farm which yielded 800 bush
els to the acre; this may be regarded
as an old-fashoned crop. This crop re-
moved from the soil in tubers and tops
at least 400 pounds potash; also it re-
moved $50 pounds phosphoric acid
Now these amounts are very large, and
serve to show that the potato plant is
a great consumer of the two substances,
and also it shows that in order to re-
store our potato fields to their former
productive condition, we must supply
phosphate compounds and substances
holding potash in large quantities.
For six or eight generations in New
our fathers have been exhaust
ing the soil, by removing these agen-
cies in their potato and other crops,
and we have reached a time when the
vegetable is starving in our fields for
want of its proper food. Our farmers
have found that new land gives the
best crops, and this is due to the fact
that such fields afford the most potash.
But so long as we crop our pastures so
unreasonably, we cannot resort to new
land, as land is not new that has had
its potash and phosphate elements re-
moved by grazing animals Remem-
Der that potato field which gives but
100 bushels to the acre requires at
least 100 pounds of potash, but by al
lowing the tops to decay upon the field,
go pounds of this is restored to the soil
again, as that amount is contained in
them. A medium crop of potatoes
requires twice as much phosphoric acid
as medium crop of wheat, SO that in
two years with wheat the land is de
prived of no more of the agent than it
loses in one year with potatoes
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Gardeners Monthly.


While life is dormant, water does
not seem to injure it. The seed of the
water-plant will lie for long time in
the cool mud at the bottom of the pond
But is soon as the breath of spring
warns it into life, it sends up it's leaf
stalk rapidly to the surface, there un-
folding its blade above the watery ele-
ment. The seeds of land plants have
not this rapidity of upward growth
The little germ meeting water as it I'M
folds is sure to rot at once, unless the
water. passes away as rapidly as it falls.
Myriads of seeds sown in the earth
never come to the surface A little
water standing about the germ for an
hour or so as it pushes rots it. This is
one of the secrets of light, sandy soil in
which to sow seeds The water rap
idly passes away Also is it the secret
of success with those who SOW seeds on
the surface, rather than below the level
of the ground. The earth between the
rows. or in the alley-ways employed to
cover the surface-sown seeds always
leaves them above the water line
They are damp, but never wet, and
thev usually grow.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-03-01
THE FLOWER GARDEN.
From Briggs & Bros Illustrated Catalogue.

From Briggs s. Bros Illustrated Catalogue.
MAKING SELECTIONS.
If a tall, snowy group of flowers is
desired, plant Zinnias, Calliopsis, Mari
Colds, Balsams, and the gay Poppies,
&c. If it is desirable to have snowy
masses or beds, select Phlox Drum
mondii, Candytuft, Petunias, Verbenas,
&c. If drawf edgings are wanted, use
Sanvitalia, Sweet Alyssum, &c. If
fragrance be the particular quality
sought for, Mignonette, Sweet Peas,
Sweet Alyssum, Stocks, &C., will be the
most desirable. For expression, take
the Pansy. If leaf color is wanted,
select Amaranthus, Perilla, Coleus, &c.
For tropical foliage, you may take,
Ricinus, Cannas, Heracleum, &c. 1t
should be borne in mind that when
mixed beds are wanted, the tallest flow
ers should always be sown or planted
in the centre, and the low growing var
ieties toward the outside.
Flowers succeed best in sandy loan,
made rich by the addition of well rotted
manure, which should be thoroughly
mixed with the soil. Such soil, thus
prepared will not become hard or bak-
ed, but will remain loose and porous.
1t will not only afford the small and
tender plants chance for existence, but
it will also enable them to perfect them
selves with vigor and beauty. If your
garden is composed of a stiff, heavy
soil, good dressing of sand and ma
nure will improve it. A heavy soil is
greatly benefited by being roughly
spaded up in the fall, and left in that
condition through the winter. In all
cases, before sowing the seed, it is of
the utmost Importance that the soil
should be thoroughly pulverized. This
important particular should never be
overlooked. When the soil will spade
up mellow, crumbling to pieces when
struck with the spade, it is in proper
condition to be worked.
' SOWING.
Seed should not be sown in spring
until sufficient warmth and dryness has
been impaired to the soil. When these
requisites are overlooked, and the seed
is sown too early, it is apt to perish
If fine seed is to be used, sow it on the
surface, and press it evenly with a
smooth piece of board. If sown too
deeply the seed will perish; indeed, this
is the common mistake. The seed OF
halfhardy plants should not be sown SO
early in the season as those of the
hardy plants, as the latter will endure
more inclement weather. The best and
most certain success with seeds in this
climate is obtained when they are sown
in hot-bed, as by their use the temper
ature and moisture can be so regulated
with little care, that the seed cannot
fail to grow and make success certain.
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HOAL.-
lily Use, On haad and fore ale. b. sCOFT BRO