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

HOW TO CURE TIE LONG MOSS.
Our green moss( Iiiiandsia usueoides)
is best and most quickly prepared by,
being simply boiled for short while,
thendried aud beaten to get rid of the
vegetable outer coating. Prepared in
this way, it is much cleaner than when
prepared by the common process Of rot.
ting in mud or in hog pen.
NsEOTIyoRous PLANTS. 8
It will not diminish the interest ii,
( these plants to know that one familysof
them, the iSarracenia, is probably our
best remedy for indigestion. IF the
!, root be chewed, or if they be put in a
bottle fas much as can he conveniently
got in) and then the bottle be filed
with whisky or other spirits, and q
tablespoonful Of this tincture taken in
Q little water, it will Immediately re-
3 Iieye n fit Of indigestion, without cans.
ing any apparent action Of any kind be-
yond the relief.
TANYAH ROOTS ys. TANYAH TOPS.
From the disappointment of your
4 Orangeburg correspondent g 3, )" I sup.
pose that he must have planted his
crop on dry, sandy land. I raised
plontY OF them on q cleared Cypress
pond, about five miles below the village.
duringYthe war. If he wishes to grow
them successfully, let him try them in
a rich, damp soil, say in his neighbor-
hood, IN part of Cypress pond, where
the black gum grows freely, and not
dig until after the tops have been killed
by tho frost. am very sorry that /
have mono to send him, as I have here
no land suitable for their growth.
HoRTIoULTURAh HINTS FOR MARCH. Il
D gBeeets, ss.e s carrots az and parsnips may bo
put IN Tor tho main crop Tin this lati-
tude) from the middle to the last of
Z TINS month (next month in the middle
and upper country, also satisfy. Swiss
\ Ghard, cress, mustard, kohlrabi, etc..
Lettuce, radishes, and turnips, for a
4 succession, may be pnt in apy time
during the month. Sugar corn may slae,
triedI bore TO ward the last of the month.
: bds thtr rimain crop shopld be deferred till
Marcel. Cabbage plants should be set
ontat various times duiing the month !;
and, ms they begin, to grow, the soil
should be frequently stirred. Toma-
toes and othor tender plants may ba
started in a hot-bed or cold frame.
If one is disposed to take the trouble
.topeateets them, "a few hills of cucum-
bers, squashes and melons NAV be
planted. Botto-:loss boxes, fifteen
Gnches square; and 'sixtor seven inches
high covered With oiled cotton cloth.
Ve3admifably for This purpose and
cost little. After tho plants come mn.
the boxes must bo lifted off, or raised
as onaside in pleasant weather, to adj
NIT the air.
In the latitude OF Charleston garden
{ peas are planted with the best results
from tho Goth Of December to the mid.
die OF January, but they mny be put ia
any time during the present month to
keep up succession. A little further
north this, is q 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 Tricky, but
there may be question what is to be
considered thick planting. Well, for
the dwarf kinds one pint Of seed to
from ffty to GsixtS feet7o double row.
Of the large growing kinds pint of
!. seed should plant from eighty to one
hundred feet of double row. Let the
distance apart of the rows be abo1lt
Saqnalsto She height the peas are az
pected to grow, whether. it be one. two.
three or four feet. .l5A'a's,.
Irish potatoes are, doubtless, already
planted, ,2in most cases, but thew ars
still in season, and if put in Of once
maXSmake as gopd crops as. those planted
carrier. Choose, if possible, n 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 scraplngs of the honse.yard are ex-
cel!ent for this crop. The Early Rose
is the best variety, 80 for as our expert
enca goes ;; in fact, it is SO much better
than any Other, that we would not az.
ceept as n gift, Tor planting, any of the
older kinds, good aB some of them are.
The Peerless is said to be an excellent
and very productive variety, and to be
suited to our climate, but we have not
tried it. 'o 49,
lu ,l,e flower garden there is plenty
OF work to be done; lily and gladioIus
bnlks shonld be planted, and, toward
the last of the month, the seeds Of hardy
pt ptrennials and annuaIa. Half.hnrdy
and tender annueIs may be sown under
glass, to be transplanted when the
weather becomes warm. Perennial
plants of last seasons growth may nov,
no tranaplanted, dividing them in such
cases as permit this mode OF multiply
ing specimens. Many of the early flow
ering ,bulbous plants will now be in
,bi0qnn and they should be carefully at
tended sl{ ts1 to and tied up to neat stakes
when necessary. Always cut off the
lower stems, % soon as the flowers have
,tRl1hered, and i'll many cases q second
stalk will spring npand bloom.
Tnis is geod time to strike cutting
OF ofhnrbaceonspln such as eeraniums.
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