The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-03-12
AGRICULTURE.
HOW NO ouRE THE nona Mosa

Our green moss (Tillandsia usueoideI
is best and most quickly prepared b
being simply boiled for q short Will,
then dried and beaten to get rid of til
vegetable outer coating. Prepared j
this way, it is much cleaner than whe
prepared by the common process of ro
ting in mud or in a hog pen.
NsEcTIvoRoUs PLANTS.
1t will not diminish the interest i
these plants to know that one family c
them, the Sarracenia, is probably on
best remedy for indigestion. Ii tn
root be chewed, or if they be put in
bottle Gas much as can be convenient
got inn and then the bottle be file
with whisky, or other spirits, and
tablespoonful Of this tincture taken il
a little water, it will Immediately re
I1eve q fit of indigestion, without caus
ing any apparent action of any kind be
yond the relief.
TANYAH ROOTS VS.. TANYAH TOPS.
From the disappointment of you
Orangeburg correspondent "B,"I sup
pose that he must have planted hiG
crop on dry, sandy land. I raised
plenty of them on a cleared cypress
pond, about five miles below the village,
during the war. If he wishes to grow
them successfully, let him try them in
a rich, damp soil, say in his neighbor.
hood, in a part Of a cypress pond, where
the black gum grows freely, and not
dig until after the tops have been killed
by the frost. l am very sorry that I
have none to send him, as I have here
no land suitable for their growth.
HORTICULTURAL HINTS FOR MARCH,
Beets, carrots and parsnips may be
put in for the main crop Gin this lati-
tude) from the middle to the last of
this month (next month in the middle
and upper country, also satisfy. Swiss
chard, cress, mustard, kohlrabi, etc.
Lettuce, radishes, and turnips, for q
succession, may be put in any time
during the month. Sugar corn NAV be
tried here toward the last of the month.
but the main crop should be deferred till
March. Cabbage plants should be set
out at various times during the month /;
and, as they begin to grow, the soil
should be frequently stirred. Toma-
toes and other tender plants NAV be
started In q hot-bed or a cold frame.
If n is disposed to take the trouble
to protect them, O few hills of cucum-
bers, Equashes and melons NAV be
planted Bottomless boxes, fifteen
inches square, and six or seven inches
high, covered with oiled cotton cloth.
serve admirably for this purpose and
cost little. After the plants come up.
the boxes must be lifted off, or raised
at one side in pleasant weather, to ad-
NIT the air.
In the latitude of Charleston garden
peas are planted with the best results
from the 10th of December to the mid.
die Of January, but they may be put in
any time during the present month to
keep up a succession. A little further
north this is a 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 q question what is to be
considered thick planting. Well, for
the dwarf kinds one pint of seed TO
from Fifty to sixty feet of double row,
Of the large growing kinds o. pint of
seed should plant from eighty to one
hundred feet of double row, Let the
distance apart of the rows be abouf
equal to the height the peas are ex-
pected to grow, whether it be one. TIVE.
three or four feet.
Irish potatoes are, doubtless, already
planted, IN most cases, but they are
still IN season, and If put in at once
may make as good cropsa those planted
earlier. Choose, if possible, a good.
black, moist, but not wet soil. and
manure literally, avoiding, however.
too much crude stable manure If Won
desire tubers 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, SO far as our experi-
ence goes !; in fact, it is SO much better
than any other, that we would not ac-
cept as 9 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 he
tried It.
In the flower garden there is plenty
OF work TO be done; lily and gladiolus
puiKs snonld be planted, and, toward
the last OF the month, the seeds Of hardy
perennlals and ANIMALS. Half-hardv
and tender ANIMALS may be sown under
glass; to be transplanted when the
weather becomes warm. Perennial
plants Of last seasons growth NAV nov
be transplanted, dividing them in such
cases - permit this mode of multiply
specimens. Many OF the early doW-
erIng dubious plants will now be IN
bloom, and they should be carefully at
tended to and tied up to neat stakes
when necessary. Always cut of the
over stems as 500 as the flowers have
vithered, and IN many cases 9 second !
talk will spring up and bloom.
Ilis ~ q good time to strike cutting
q ~naroaceous plants, such az geraniurns.
lei1otropess s~alvias, and coleus. of {
tnese, young or unripened wood should i
aWays De taken but il must not be too {
OFT. When q shoot will break on the
upper part on being bent, it win not
le farfrom the proper stage of growth. I
The cuttings may be from two to three Z
inches in length and the leaves muatgbej d
enoved (cutting them close to the d
tenn from the part TO be inserted in {
be soil. Use q pointed stick 81 insert- .
ng them. and If set in pots place them :
ear the sides. }
II insects of any kind trouble o il n
he garden, orchard, or elsewhere, send b
oeeimens To our entOmologisf. Mir. v
has. r. Dodge, Washington, d. C., n
it'll notes Of inquiry or i~nforrna.ion. I
wooden match box is one of the best 81
sings to send them In. 20 not send 81