The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-30

aut icaVes, hc1Co their natural sprawlin0
condition is the best during tho hot sea.
son.
Most amateur florists use too large
pots for their plants. Gerauiums, hello.
tropes and many other kinds bloom bet
ter when somewhat pot bound. When
large pots are given them they make a
great growth Of branches and give fewer
flowers.
Turn the plants in the windows around
occasionally, SO that all sides may have
an equal share of the light and sun.
Plants naturally grow toward the light,
and il not turned soon acquire that
Dcnt, iean-to appearance SO often seen
with pr nts in the window.
Or. :abcz i her tells in tho Rural
Mem Yorker that animal manure makes
strong grape vines, but not mu h fruit.
and tend to induce rot and mildew. en-
the other hand, potash and superphos-
phatc have quite the opposite effect,
producing n large amount of fruit of SUI
perior quality. ar' ,..
The ticns ~clastica is a pant exceed
lngly we'll adapted to window culture.
because of its thick leaves of leathery
texture. which resist the dry air and
dust. They can he cleaned easily nv
wiping them with a sponge or cloth.
One such plant we'll grown is worth a
do en- in erior plants.
The damage of causing potatoes to rot
by large applications Of fresh manure is
largely Oh Waited by drawing it on the
!and intended for potatoes the fall be-
fore. Tho manure is also distributed
through the SOL. SO that the same ouan
tity does more good than would it's M
phi alton in the spring. =.
If signs'of rain'are numerous farmers
are always in a hurry to get seed in the
ground, so that rains may bring it up.
But a heavy rain always .orms a crust
over land with any clay in it, aud it is
always better to defer sowing until after
1T has fallcn, even if two or three days'
whiting II i required to Get the land in
tlilable cond On no account should
wheat be sown while the soil is hot and
dry. Wait for rain, even if the waiting
delays seeding n or two weeks beyond
the accustomed time.
Ii one wants a perpetual bloomer and
something which will make a brilliant
snow, and isn't very particular about
dellcacy, he can scarcely do better than
to try the double petunias. Our torists
send out some quite as double as roses,
In all shades of magenta and crimson.
and most are blotched and striped W tn
white, and some ha O elegantly Fl. nged
edges which give them a fantastic an
pearance. The double kinds arc not M
vigorous growers as the single ones, MOI
rs profusc boomers, but they reaulre no
more care. and will he favorites with
those who do not like "particula,"
plants.
FEWER improvements have been made
in harvesting and husking corn than in
any other farm operations. It NAV be
because fewer are possible. In the old
fashioned way each stalk is taken in the
hand, but not lifted. This makes slow
work, but cot hard, except on the hands.
II we put stalks separately through INV
KIND OF a machine and do it rapidly, it
makes harder work still. Prob bly the
improvement most needed is in the corn
itself. Some of the Dent varieties of
corn open their husks so as to, le en- the
labor of husking. This tendency NAV be
increased by proper selection of seed.
cultivated corn does not require closely
lifting husks as q protection, as wild corn
might do.
On many subjects the expression of
very positive views is generally in in
verse proportion to knowledge. This is
especially true in discussing the com
parative hardness of fruits. Men who
that q certain ~vari,ty supposed to
iron-clad is really tender, because it
was killed on their grounds, while loss
hardy varieties escaped, should explain
the relative positions of the trees. Often
q difference of q few feet, giving one
tree the benefit of a shell eriny bank of
snow, will save it, whi'e a supposed
hardy variety, not having this advan-
tage, will be killed. Not even nm oak
can escape winter killing. if exposed in
q place where the frost extends down to
he lowest roots. -