Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1875-03-11
AGRICULTURE.
HOW TO CURE THE LONG MOSS.

TsSOur green moss i1tianG6ia u5i6OldeBt
is best and most quickly prepared by
being simply boiled for short .s!.;!e,
then dried and beaten to get rid of the
vegetable outer coating. Prepared in
9this way, it is much cleaner than when
prepared by the common process of rot
Ting in mud or in {. hog pen.
aNsECTIvoRoUs PLANTS.
It willie not diminish the interest in
these plants to know that one family of
them, the ISarracenia, is probably our
best remedy for indigestion. II the
root be chewed, or if they be put in
bottle (as much ms can be conveniently
got in) md then the bottle be filed
with whisky. or, other spirits, and q
tablespoonful of this tincture taken in
q littlo water, it will immcdia! ely re-
lieve fit OF indigestion, mithout caus.
ing any apparent action of any kind be-
yond tho relief.
TANYAH ROOTS Vs. TANYAH TOPS.
From the disappointment of your
Orangeburg correspondent "B," sup.
pose that he must have planted his
crop, on dry, sandy land. I raised
ponds about tivo miles below the village.
duringgthe war. If he wishes to grow
them successfully, lot him try them in
g rioh, damp soil, say in his neighbor-
hood, in part of q cypress pond, where
tho black gum grows freely, and not
dig until after the tops have hcen killed
ny tho frost. / am very sorry that l
have mono to send him, rs I have here
no land suitable for their growth.
HoRTIcULTlIRAh HINTS FOR MARCH,.
. sBeets, carrots and parsnips may bo
put in Tor tho main crop Gin this inti-
tude) from the middle to the last of
this month (ncxt month in the middle
and upper country, also satisfy. Swiss
Ghard, cresss mustard, kohlrabi, etc.
Lettuce, radishes, and turnips, for q
succession, may bc put in any timo
during tho month. Sugar corn NAV hs
tried here; TO ward tho last of the month.
: bft Che main crop should DO deferred till
March. Cabbage plants should be sot
out at various times during tho month :;
and, as they begin to grow, tho soil
should be frequently stirred. Toma-
toes and othor tcndor plants may ba
started IN hot-bed or cold franc.
Ii ono is disposed to take the trouble
to project them, n few Hills of cucum-
bcrs, squashes and melons may be
planted. Bottomlcss boxes, fifteen
SInches square, and sixor seven inches
high, covered with oiled cotton cloth.
$aerVea aadnirnbly for this purpose and
cost little After tho plants come up,
the boxes must be lifted off, or raised
at nssside in pleasant weather, to ad-
NIT the air. ~
In the latitude OF Charleston garden
peas aro planted with the best results
from tho Goth Of December to tho mid.
die of January, but lhoy may be put in
any tlme during the present month to
keep up succession. A little further
north this is n good time to plant the
main crop. Hoe frequently those that
are advanced and set sticks for their
support Even the dwarfest kinds do
better in that way. We have recon-
mended to plant pretty thickly, but
there may be question what ia to be
considered thick planting. Well, for
the dwarf kinds one pint of seed to
from fifty to sixty feet of double row.
Or the large growing kinds o pint of
:. seed should plant from eighty to one
hundred feet of double row. Let the
olstance apart OF the rows be about
ssqual to the height the peas are ex-
pected to grow, whether it be one two
three or four feet. 1888.
Irish potatoes are, doubtless, already
planted, in most cnses, but thew are
still in season, and if pnt in at once
may make as good crops as those planted
earlier. Choose, if possible, good.
black, moist, but not wet soil, md
manure literally, avoiding, however.
too much crude stable manure if Won
desire tuhers OF the best quality. Wood
ashes, chip manure, rotten sawdust and
the scrapings of the house.yard are ex-
cellent for this crop. The Early Rose
is the best variety, 30 far as our experi
ence goes; in fact, it is so much better
than any other, that we would not ac.
cept as gift, for planting, any of the
older kinds, good as some of them are
The Peerless is said to be an excellent
and very productive variety, and to be
snited to our climate, bnt we have not
tried it.
In ,ie flower garden there is plenty
OF work to be done; lily and gIadiolus
bulks shonld be planted, and. toward
the last of the month, the seeds of hardy
p, rennials and aunuals. Half-bnrdy
and tender nnnueIs may be sown under
glass, to be transplanted when the
weather becomes warm. Perennial
plants Of last seasons growth NAV now
he tranRplanted, dividing them in such
cnses as permit this mode of multiply.
ing specimens. Many of the early flow
ering ,bulbous plants will now be in
bloom, Eand they should be ea,efullv At.
tended to and tied ND to neat stakes
when necessary. Always cut off the
loWof stems, as soon as the flowers have
%4enefen, and III many cases second
Tnis il n geod time to strike cutting
OF hnrbaceons plants. such aa eeraninms,
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