The Press., 1891-03-26
For The Press.) THE FARMERS GARDEN.

l Though the wild winds now hold chill ing sway over the earth, and snow wreaths lie along the fences and in the woods, yet we behold the promise of spring, in the fast lengthening days, in the swelling buds on the trees, and in the silvery catkins on the willows by the brook side.
 The occasional warm sunny days tell us that though stormy March will for time hold sway, spring, with it's resurrecting power, will soon bring new life to tree and plant that have so long seemed dead in the icy grasp of winter. Yet little while, and the fragrance of the arbutus and vio- let, and the song of the blue- bird and rob- in, with srringing grass and opening.le leaf, will make beautiful the outdoor world.
 Then in the spring time the prosaic thought of the busy housewife turns to the kitchen garden.
 Most farmers do not give the thought and labor to the cultivation of the garden that it ought to have. think every farm CTS garden should be made to produce of vegetable, flower and fruit of every variety variety to please the eye and taste, to give @ chance for outdoor life to farmers wives and daughters, to give them health and happiness, and last, but not least, to put money in their pockets.
 First, suitable place must be selected, not too far from the house, if the busy housewife is to help care for it. Then it must be carefully prepared, and when planting time comes have the seed in read mess, so no time may be lost in waiting to obtain it. With the numerous cata- logues at hand it is somewhat difficult to make selection, but most of us already have some tried and proved sorts which we wish to retain. We can add to them from the catalogues such as we think de- sirable. For early green vegetables we have lettuce. spinach, and asparagus. In many gardens early peas are the first vege- tables for the table. We think "Bliss' American wonder" one of the best early sorts, and for later Champion of England and Yorkshire hero." Plant early as pos sible. If planted deep they will retain more moisture and keep in bearing long, CT time. Hoe as soon as they break the ground, and hoe often till they begin to bloom.
 Beans like a dry light soil, and must not be planted too early. For running sorts we like "Concord" and "horticultur- al' or "speckled cranberry" but we must have few ''limas," and we will try the new "bush lima" this year. Of beets ''early blood turnip," also "Egyptian." Fathers improved Brunswick" is good
 
 means the short kinds they are best adapted for table use, and some prefer them for stock, as they give a good crop and are easily gathered. We can scarcely plant too much sweet corn, both early and late, of the best varieties we can get. We must plant cucumbers and squashes, and a few turnips aud onions, and, if you like, celery and radishes, and melons, and, in short, every vegetable that is liked by any one in the family. We must, have a small bed of strawberries, row of entrants, and few raspberries, both red and black, and yellow, too, they make pleasing variety, and some tomatoes.
 Every housekeeper knows the value of little patch of herbs in the garden. A very small space will suffice for all we shall need, both of medicinal and sweet herbs. And we must not forgot the flowers. A pleasant memory of my childhood is the bed of old-fashioned flowers in the midst of the vegetable garden. know 8 village garden where every year the bed of flowers is prominent feature the pinks and pansies, astors and petunias vie with the beets and tomatoes, cabbages and corn, each striving to outdo the other. | A row of sunfowers by the garden wall will furnish good quantity of seed for the hens to enjoy next winter. A few sweet peas and small bed of mignonette and fern-leaved parsley will give fragrant bou- quets for the kitchen. Even the old-fash- toned double hollyhock is not to be de- spised. once knew a man in 8 neighbor- | ing town who said he raised one year "about $40 worth" Some one asked where he sold them. "Oh, we make use of them at home," was the answer. I think he fully appreciated the value of flowers. So let us plant plenty of flowers, as we'll as we'll as vegetables and fruit, and use all we can at home; perhaps we may make market for the surplus then am sure our garden will be source of pleas ure, health and profit.
 MRS. J. 0. CRAWFORD.