Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-08-26
Agricultural.
Autumn Work I'm the Garden.

| AUTUMN 10 tht 49, i
for re-arranging beds of herbeceOus plants
such as hollyhocks. delphiniums. p@onies
&c. Roots can be divided without injury
| and generally with great benefit to th'
Health Of the plants. Lilies, and alt hardy
bulbs, can also be removed aud replaptec
as soon as the leaves begin to ripen. Al
beds Of hardy bulbs, such as hyacinths
tulips, &C., should be made as early al
the bulbs can be procured, which isgener
ally about the latter part of September
Plants that are somewhat tender in the
North, such as tritomas, pampas grass
&C., and any other tender plants
that it would be desirable to save ovel
the winter, may be secured III pits, the
construction Of which we have described
in the last number Of the Guide. Holly.
hooks will winter we'll in pit, aud so will
young pansy plants, if they have plenty Of
air.
There is 10 season so favorable as au-
tumn for making general improvements in
the garden. The American autumn wealth
er is superb. Our springs are short, and
yet quite long enough, for cur spring
weather is miserable ; cold winds and rains
and snow and mud and set All impor-
taut changes in the garden should, there
fore, be made in the pleasant, dry wealth
er of autumn. Dig up and put in order
every vacant bed, as it will not only IA
cilitate spring work, but do the soil good
aud have neater appearance than If left
rough and weedy. Above all things do
not make manure heap or a barn-yard
of the front lawn. Why people think it
necessary to cover their lawns with rot
ting, unsightly manure six months in the
year is more than we can imagine. A
we'll made lawn will not need enriching in
a century, for there is nothing taken from
it, and 1t becomes richer and richer every
year. The fac! is, our old lawns become
too rich and humid, and need, if anything,
dreseing Of lime or ashes. Then grass
needs DO protection in winter, and even if
it did, how very sensible it is to rake off
every leaf that falls from the trees--just
the protection and manure that nature
provides-and put in their place the obi
GUS and odoriferous manure that causes
every passcr to initiate the Levite in the
parable.
Most people have observed, no doubt,
that sclf.sown seeds, that is, seeds that
have dropped from growing plants of the
previous season, some times produce the
strongest and most healthy plants that
bloom tie most freely. This is true of
several kinds, and particularly Of those
that suffer under exposure to our midsum-
mer suns, The reason is, that selfsown
seeds get very healthy growth in the
spring, negotiating as soon as frost Is gone,
and are good sized plants at the time we
usually put seed in the ground. They
thus nature and flower during the cool
weather of spring. The clarklas aud ne.
mophilas and annual arkspurs are noted
examples. There are also several varie-
ties of hardy annuals that do we'll with
spring sowing that will bear autumn SOW.
ing in the open ground, and reward US
with early spring flowers. Sweet alyssum
and white candytuft will give us abund-
auce of white for early cutting, if sown
in the autumn. In sandy soil the Port
uaca may be sown in autumn with good
success. Seeds of bieDnials and peron.
nlals, if sowu early enough to produce
strong little plants, will flower the next
summer, and pansies chinese pluks, though
they bloom the first summer if sown in
the spring, will make much stronger plants
and flower more freely and earlier if
young plants are grown IN the autumn.
The pansy sometimes suffers In the winter,
but if the young plants are put in frame
and covered with few loose boards, or a
little mating, being always sure to give
air, they will pass the winter in safety.
In another place we shall give a list of
seeds suitable for autumn planting.
All bulbs and giants that die down to
the ground il the autumn may be protec-
ted by covering the surface of the earth
with leaves or manure or straw, but plants
thar retain their leaves during winter will
not bear this kind of protection. A few
evergreen boughs thrown over the bed, a
little straw between the plants, or some
light open covering Of this kind is all they
will bear without injury. We have seen
more plants smothered and rotted BY hea.
Wy covering than saved. Vich's Guide.
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