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RATCLIFFE, DARR 4 co, Auctiousers.
900 pennavlvania ava NV

H. W.
VERY ELEGANT HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND
EFFECTS. HAyILtND CHINA, BRIC-A-BRAC
CIT CLASS PLATED WARE Sc BY AUG
sEIh aSp WTI BE f sSE SLY 81
sAF FSsbiS ssaSsf FIFTH. 1899. BEGINNING
THIS FURNITURE, WHICH IS OF THE BEST
nIh4H5EAG6SsK sI II p Az II GOOD CON-
GILT FRAMES AND EMBOSSED SILK Plus
UUPH0LSTERINGs, GILT RAITAN;sEAT RE-
ppR au R9GKERsS PSLS II SIX
as4x tANef r a3Skhfs e hkb
TABLES, PIANO LAMPS. Massive AND
CANT OAK EXTENSION TABLE FINE OAK
DINING CHAIRS. WITH LEATHER SEATS;
cfN ssSFk1SI GHlSh f Gtest cHxM MAd
SUITE, WITH DETACHED CHEvAL GLASS
BEAUTIFUL OAK SUITE OF CHAMBER FUR.
NITpRE. Elegantly CARVED; BOOK CASE
AND SECRETARY. TABLES AND CHAIRS.
MATTki ssEs. PILLoWs AND BoisTRkRs,
BkEpDINS; FINE CHINA AND GLASS WARE
BRHssfLs AND MooUEr CARPETS. MATING.
ALSO iCf BBox. LAWN MOWER. GAS RADIATORS,
THE WHOLE MAKING MOST CoMPLETE AND
DESIRABLE COLLECTION OF FINE GOODS,
R6INS THk EFFECTs OF 4 PARTY aiSiNa Uf
n THESE E doo6S WILL BE ON EXHIBITION ON
AND On 1URDAf Until THE HOUR q ttf s SALE.
auS-dSdbs RADCLIFFE, DARR CO, Aucts
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PROPOSALS FOR SUPPLIES FOR THE NAV

PROPOSALS FOR SUPPLIES FOR THE NAVY
Yard. WASHINGTON; D. G.; and the Naval Proving
osals Endorsed Proposals for supplies for the
Navy Yard Washington, D c.. and the Naval Prov
ing Ground, Indian Head. Nd. to be opened August
8 1873. viii be received at the Bureau OF supplies
and Accounts. Navy D,rartment Washington. D. G..
until TWELVE O'CLOCK NOON, AUGUST EIGHTH.
1875 and publicly opened Immediately thereafter. to
furnish at the Naval Proving Ground. Indian Head.
NC, euanuty OF anthracite and bituminous coal !;
OF Spit pulleys, popsr lumber wire seamless
brass tubes. hardware dry goods white lead and oils:
Inc articles must conform the navy standard and
pas The usual naval ms ection. Blank proposals
MIL De furnished upon application to the Navy Yard.
washington: ID. G. The attention of manufacturers
and dealers IL invited lie bids all other things be-
ing equal. decided by lot The department reserves
the rtht to waive defects 'ect any or all bids
not Gsemed advantageous TO the government THCS.
J. LASER. Acting Chief Of Burssu- jy25-2aw2w
DEPARTMENT OF STATE. WASHINGTON
July 13. iSS3--Sealed proposals will be received
a. the DenarImsnt of State until TWELVE ~ OF
THE SEVENTH DAY OF AUGUST 1885 to fur
ntSh said department with Stationery and Mis-
cellaneOus Articles. including horse feed for the
year ending June 30. 1894. in accordance with
schedule OF articles which will be supplied to per-
sons and hrns processing to bid The right to reject
any and al bids. or to accept portion of any bid
or amend the quantity civen Of any article In the
schedule; Is reserved. Each bidder will be required
to furnish with his bid bond. with two suraties in
forInsnce Of the contract which may be awarded him
All samples submitted should be left the 'taton-
cry ROOM of the department..
iyl4. IL, Il. 10. -. -. ~, au4
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FOR SALE-PIANOS.

FOR SALE-PIANOS.
FOR SAIE-AT REDUCED PRICES SEVERAL
slightly used Kpabe upright, square and grand
pianos, fully guaranteed: also second hand pi-
amos Of different makes at bargains and terms
to suit WM. KNABE CO.,
au4-lm S17 Pa. ave. NV.
HOW Is THIS FOR IOw-PRICED UPRIGHTS?
one New England at $50; Peck & Son. $40;
Harrington. $40; $40 cash and $40 per
month; one nice square, carved legs. $40, IS cash
and IS per month; one SIS organ, S73. easy pay
ments. HUGO WORCH CO., Music Dealers.
925 1th st. NV, Sohmer piano agents. Pianos
for rent. au3
FOR SALE-A RARE CFIANCE-A VERY HAND
some DARK mahogany, full scale, fine make up
right piano, In beautiful condition.; only slightly
used: for only s1S5 cash; must be sold to close
account of former purchaser. Has magnificent
tone; fully warranted See 1t At II you
want q snap bargain.
THE PLANO EXCHANGE WARE ROOMS.
au1 013 Pa sEa.
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SUBURB n PROPERTY.

NICE HOUSE, SHADY GROUNDS, MINERAL
water near electric cars, IL miles from Capt.
to-: terms very moderate; E. 7. DAVIS, Frank
lexington cars to Metropolis View. au4-3t-
WANTED BUY SUBURBAN HOME OR 9
rooms and bath: on street or steam railroad
Near city; small cash and monthly payments;
must be a bargain Address SUBURBAN, Star
olice- au4-3t'
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. BRICK RES
aafsi. joRN Q. J6HSsoS to.. SIT f's ST.
FOR SALEM EVANSVILLE, NICE GROOM
Rs AND Ss nsoq
ment and balance easy monthly payments; very
NV au5-st
FOR RENT-LARGE AND ELEGANT SUBURBAN
resience on the Tennallytown road. recently oc.
College Villa, known Glen Ellen; dwelling
just put in thorough repair: abundant shade,
GoLDsBoRoUGH BROS. & CO.,
au1-5t 1903 Pennsylvania ave.
HONE HONE SITES SITES At At EEGEsTER,
Payable IS down-balance So TO IS monthly or
II requires but little argument to sell lots
at leicester. Situated on the Penna- III:
two stations and unrivaled train facilities,
It bids fair to become a great Industrial and
prove and the real estate within it is bound
TO enhance In value. Some Of Washington's
best citizens are Interested In IT,
Free sites to industries. institutions. &c.
LEICESTER TOWN CO., Stewart Bldg. Room 9.
4O2 9th st. NV. Hours. am. to pm. jyl5-1m
MELRoSE PARK. EVANSVILLE. FOR RENT
order: good water: large lots; convenient and
desirable; two minutes from station g trains
FORD. or on premises VIII sell on monthly
payments. Jy23-6t
FOR SALE - SEVERAL HOUSES IND SMALL
tracts Of land near the city on easy terms; also
for rent sspd for new list Of property with map
frs. JAMES E 1921 s1TN f, NV.
FOR RENr-A PRETTY EIGHT RooM HOUSE
sSSS ay
o once Of MS Sffff 0f st Ssl e. the
ty222w Cor. 10th and SITS. NV.
FOR RENTAL KENsINGToN-A NEW T-RooM
house. with garden. outhouses and fine well:
location high and airy; beautiful view: very low
T TsI1s A ASDy to Mrs v MELBOURNE fSSk
FOR sALE-A NEW SUBURBAN HOME: EIGHT
rooms and bath: attic and cellars; porches. shade
stable. carriage house, &C.; corner lot. a3IlS8
#: one block west Of station at Lakeland. Nd
Rsdasse BON 5000 to 81 500; $50 sash. bal
COS 9Th st. NV,
tys-1m Or F. D. NEALE. premises.
FOR RENT-EIGHT HANDSOME BRICK HOUSES
with with Ssaudfg Yards Trees &e; at Ps1soff IT,
$3.50 Der month each. and two corner houses
With with very large yards at $50 per month each h
and cold water. electric bells. speaking tubes and
all modern improvements and are equal to houses
Apply to EDWIN A NEWMAN, Owner 1899 Z
st. NV. ie2e-sm
MORE PLEASANT HOMES FOR SALE AT LAKE
land. Nd. small monthly payments.
2 ar. cottages. $500 each; SIS cash and IS pm.
Scr. cottages. 81 900 EACH $40 cash and $40 pm.
5-r. cottages 81 800 each: SIS cash and SIS pm.
2 or. cottages. $1,000 each: $40 cash and $40 pm.
6r. cottages. 81 200 each: $40 cash and $50 pm.
s-r. cottages. 5000 each: $50 cash and $50 pm.
1o-r. cottage. $4,000: $45 cash and s45 per mo.
Lakeland Is situated eight miles from Washing
ton the &. and o. R.R- Communication tick
cts. so cents each way. Apply to EDWIN A.
NEWMAN. Owner. 1899 St NV. At Lake
land tnoutrs for 4 Snnt teoe-tr
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FOR SALE-LOTS.

FOR SALE-OR WILL TRADE FOR IMPROVED
property, lot 50x132, Sherman ave-, Todd &
Browns subdivision; cheap JOHN MeILvEEN,
Room 2, Warder building, cor. 9th and SITS.
NV. au3-3ts
F9R SAI.E-A NO. ! LOT ON 10Th ST. NEAR
Senator Sawyer's 20x90: also q nice building lot
on 18th ST. near o, 20x95: a f-IIuc house on
each under rent: cheap to immediate purchaser.
mylI-tr Room 1901 i'enna ave.
SIS PAYS FOR HOME LOT AT NAYS LAMP
ing. the fine suburb OF Atlantic City; squares
from RR-; Communication fare to PHILADELPHIA
% cents; station on ground: fine driving. lyEiny.
cunning. bathing. sailing; city and co1nsry COM
bined; 100 houses built last year AMI MT enc
empty; safe and sure Investment; $50 invested
VIII bring 500 in six Ilonths: facto-ies hult
THIS year, Itts are 40 feet above e->ssa: 10 per
cent OFF for trsh; los for So; title I1srIe,i.
SEM for circular. NAYS LANDING M
PROVEMENT Co.. 65S Franklin ST., Philadel-
Yhis Washington ONCE. 625 F st. NV. Room 2.
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PROPOSALS.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT. OFFICE SUPER
Us efss an:h fF%o O'Clock ss,ssa The &:
EIGHTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST, 1893. and
opened Immediately thereafter. for AL the labor
material required to furnish and In place
plete a lOw-pressure. characterization steam
heating appar including power boiler and all pipe
connections furnishing of non-conducting covering
material and applying all exposed steam and
return pipes in basement. and also the smoke
breeching for the Butler building Washington. d.
fl accordance with drawings and specification copies
of which may be had at this ONCE the office of the
SUPERINTENDENT at Washington, ID. c. No convict
labor the product of any convict labor will be
allowed in the work. Each bid must be accompanied
by certified check for sum not less than per cent
OF the OF the proposal The risht Is reserved
to any and all bids to waive defect in
formality any bid should it be deemed in the inter
Of the TO do All bids received after
the time stated will be returned TO the bidders Pro-
possls must be inelosed in envelopes. sealed and
marked Proposal for removing old steam heating
apparatus and furnishing and fixing in place complete
new low-pressure. characterization steam heating
apparatus. including power boiler &C. for the Butler
building. Washington. d. c." and addressed to
JEREMIAH OROURkE. Supervising Architecs
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RATCLIFFE. DAhR { CO.. Auotioneers.

ADMISIsTRAToR's sale OF FURNITURE
CARPETS. &c, COMPRISING PLUSH PAtIOR
SUITES, OAK AND OTHER CHAMBER SUITES
SPRINGS, MATTRESSES. WARDRoBEs. FX-
CHAIRS. CHINA AND GLASS WARE. &c. &c.
By virtue Of an order of the Supreme Court Of the
bate business the under:isned will sell by publie
Pa. ave. n w.. on SATURDAY MoRNI 20, AUaUST
FIFTH. commencing at TEN O'CLOCK. the personal
estate of the late Susie @. White.
TERMS OF SALE; CASH
SIDNEY T. THOMAS,
au2-dAdbs Administrator,
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FUTURE DANS.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
PROPERTY, No 1910 NORTH CAPITOL

G. @. SLOAN CO.. Auctioneers, l407 @ st. q. w.
Successors TO Latimer Sioan).
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FOR SALE
VERY FINE PIANO.
Beautiful rosewood case; rich carvings; finest
tone and repeating action; special bargain
worth $500 new; will sell for SIT; $40 down
and IS per month See 1t without delay.
+. G. SMITH,
ty29 1925 PA. AVE NV.
FOR SALE-wE HAVE SEVERAL UPRIGHT
PIANOS that good We will
sell them very low terms soma BILE; no interest
Also SQUARE PIANOS Of all makes. which
must sail to give
PFEIFFER & CONIIFF,
ty28 Alt 1lth st. NV.
FOR SALE - A MAGNIFICENT BARGAIN =
knabe 1-3-octave concert grand plano: in per-
feet condition; $50 cash. W. G. METZER0Tsr
4 CO., ITO r Ut. NV. jy243m
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FOR SALE-HOUSES.
FOR SALE-HoUSES-

FOR SALE-HOUSES-
2ei1 to 2:43 10th 81.
bh, 4 and Or. So. 600
1717 Pa ave. { h. 8
rs. -. "a. 600
! to 16 O'Brien's CT.
bh. Ar. %, 900
1000 to 2O27 E st. b
s54 to o1s boundary
81, b 4, Ar. all . I6, 300
eos ii ST. { b. 7r.I2, 600
1872 i st. I b. 5r. S, 600
S32s TO 1884 P ST. b
b, 5r....-.......T,OO 600
1919 p st. b b. m I.
ii5s and IS 10Th , st.
b b, Or. each. g. 500
2129 Va ave. n, 7r.6.35O
i41s nth st, n, 7r.6,OOO
$33 TO AL Prather's
al. bh. 4r........6.OOO
lib 10Th 81. bh, Sir,
and 2 houses IN r'r,
Ar each. .........s,OOO
OlS ; 81, n. 7r. 5000
1922 and 1924 sth st,
bh. m 4. 6r...4. 400
The above 10 only a
my books For full lis
issued on the LIST and 1
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THOMAS BOWLING Il SON, Auetioneers,
6i2 ut. NV.

THOMAS BOWLING SON, Auetoneers,
6i2 ut. NV.
Sale on SATURDAY. AUGUST FIFTH, 1903 at
TEN O'CLOCK, WITHIN OUR AUCTION ROOMS,
6l2 ST. NV, Of a miscellaneous collection Of
Household Effects, consignment of Assorted
Crockery, Horses, Carriages, Harness, &c.
AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK AN.
An assorted lot Of New Crockery, consigned to -
for sale without reserve.
ALSO, AT TWELVE O'CLOCK,
Several Horses Carriages, Buggies, Dirt Wagon,
Harness. &c.
au3-2t THOMAS DOWNING 4 SON, Aucts.
AT MnRTaAaRE,s SALE ON SATURDAY. 40.
FOUR O'CLOCK p. NJ. Ar TAKoMt PARK,
WILL BE SOLD DESIRABLE HOUSE AND
LOTS IN TAKOMA PARK
The lots described lots 20 and 25 feet front.
ing on Sycamore avenue. by the depth thereof ada
cent thereto of lot q. both in block 81 These lots
have frontage of Is feet on Sycamore BY depth
OF about 30 feet The house Is neat frame
dwelling. containing rooms and perfectly dry cell
lar: An excellent we'll of water on the premises.
This property is situated in OF the most
sections of Takoms and IL known the Meeser prop
erty Terms cash.
HATTERsIEY ". TALBOT. Attorney,
au2-3t Rockville
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FOR SALE
A CHEAP ORGAN.
Finest make: solid walnut case; stops; has
sabbass and double couplers, very powerful
worth SIPS new; Will sacrifice at ISL IS monthly
paymenta This - Q chance seldom offered
F. G. SMITH,
Jy2o 1925 PA. AVE NV.
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FOB SALE Oh RENT
SIC 18th ST. NV
Apply to OWNER,

FOR SALE
TWO DESIRABLE LITTLE PROPERTIES.
1. 90 1 st n-s.. rooEas, bath and cellar
furnace thorough order: Only $500 cash needed;
price, s.. 200.
= I'd Tear Massachusetts ne;
and bath and cellar; price, Sc 100.
WATERS THOMPSON,
B2S 1888 y
TOi: SALE-OSLY TWO LIFT OF THOSE
handsome Groom houses the corner of 18Th
and W sts- NV; every modern enience and
handsome decoration; price. $1,000; terms to
suit Room 5. 12oi Pa NV. je24-tr
FOR SALE-A MOST BEAUTIFUL. -FOUR STORY
house: 10 rooIns and fine tiled bath room
ami: electric bells. fine cabinet nanteIs gas
fixtures and tiles. open freplaces, furnace and
IN rapidly improving netghhorhO bod: cor. 18th and
W SITS. NV. two squares south OF Mrs Logan's
fine residence: terms 10 suit: price. $1,000:
large reduction to immediate purchaser; houses
open daily for inspection Apply to OWNER,
Room g. 12O1 Pa ave NV jl03m
FOR SALE
We make a speciality OF BROOKLAND property
and II will pay you to call before buying
we have LOTS at from to 20 cents per
square foot that sell favorable terms
ard HOUSES from s., 400 to $4,000. No trouble
70 show property.
For full particulars call upon
NcLACHLEN * BATCHELDER,
aoz2 Cor. 10th and G nv.
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G. G. SLOAN & CO., Auctioneeers,
1A0- q ST

G. g. SLOAN & CO., Auctioneeers,
1407 G ST.
UPRIGHT AND SQUARE PIANOS MANrEI
AND PIER MIRRORS, OAK, WALNUT AND
OTHER CHAMBER SUITES, PARIOR
SUITES, ODD CHAIRS. TABLES, CRIB. FAN
CY CENTER TABLE, CouCHES, PICTURES.
MATTRESSES, STOVES, CARPETS. HALL
RACK, ORNAMENTS PILLOWS AND Boil
STEERS, SUNDRIES, &C., &c.
Is BOXES PLUG TOBACCO, $50 POUNDS SMOK-
ING TOBACCO, LOT KEY WEST CIGARS,
CIGARETTES, Sc, &c.
On SATURDAY, AUGUST FIFTH, 1898, at TEN
O'CLOCK AM, within our sales rooms, 1407 9
street, We Will sell q general line Of household
effects, as partly mentioned above.
Horses, Carriages, &C., at TWELVE N.
Terms cash.
G. G. SLOAN CO.,
au3-2t AnctioneerS.
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NORTHEAST

- (. = t~-AASAs
1853 to lbs L ST, bh,
Or. and 536 to $40
18th 81, bh. Or, all.
SIS. COO
1874 @ st. bh. m 1.
OF. 1880. 1888, 100
122I VI ST, n. 6r. 2. $50
1902 Linden st. bh.
OF $500. -.----Z,ooD
ID q ST, IN. 4r....2.OoO
2Us TO 2l5 / st. bh.
81 to s51 I'd st. 6 h."
6r..-.-- .--.....i.5OO
lob Sd ST, IN, Ar. i, 100
SOUTHEAST.
1113-15 and I'LL VI
st, IN, 10 and 6r.s5, 900
321 and 323 d st, N,
Or, each. 3. 600
9O9-91l I ST, IN, 5r.3. 900
AIS l. ST, In, 6r. 4 600
Alley. bet 9Th and Ith,
q and f. bh. 3r. Il, 500
3O5 10th st, n, Or. I. 500
1345. 1347 and 1888
X st. IN. 5r. each1, 200
Z Hope ave. bh, Ar. 500
'ortion Of the property on
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Green Rye.

One ton of green rye contains eleven
pounds of nitrogen, four and half
pounds of phosphoric acid, twelve and
half pounds of potash, and l 400 pounds
of water.
When we compare it with barnyard
manure it's great value. as green dress
ing becomes apparent. have seen if
teen tons per acre growing on the 9th of
May, and this was ascertained by care
full measurement. Then Oh a field Of
twenty acres you could have 300 tons Of
manure at very little expense, all evenly
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spread on the ground and ready to pillow

in.
The most careful analysis is worth
nothing if green rye is not equal, ton for
ton, to stable manure, with one small
exception. The latter has half pound
Of phosphoric acid per ton more than the
former.
Now, what will it cost you to cover "a
field of twenty acres with 300 tons of
manure? Can yol. buy it, haul it, and
spread it for less than $3.50.
The rye will cost you for the seed one
dollar per bushel and two bushels per
acre will be $40 That is, it will cost more
than twelve times as much to improve
with barnyard manure, at 81 so per ton,
than to use green rye.
The tillagc always pays for itself.
And remember this the rye grows at
a time when you cannot use the ground
for any other crop but wheat.
Mr.. Root, of Illinois regards this fact
of the very highest Importance in using
this grain as a green manure.
Besides this great merit, it protects
the field from washing during the win
ter.
It absoFbS the soluble minerals and the
ammonia and nitric acid that might I'M
der other conditions be lost.
For barnyard manure you can claim
no superiority over this plant but it's
partial decomposition. 1t is more avail
able, because a part of it is oxidized.
The rye must undergo this change be-
fore it's albuminoids can be of use to
growing vegetation. But look at the
ample time that it has to decompose, and
then you cannot but acknowledge it's
value.
1t may be plowed in for a crop of
corn, or may be cut down just as it bios
SONS and left as a mulch on the ground
A second crop will then grow up nearly
as large as the first, and may then be
plowed in.
j. B. Root Of Rockford, ILL.,, writes in
the American Agriculturist, 1875: ''The
labor Of applying evenly forty loads OF
manure per acre is considerable. All
this can be done more evenly by the
green crop. Seed and labor together
cost me but $3.50 per acre. | cannot
say that it adds as much fertility to the
soil as forty loads of manure, but I dc
say that in our droughty seasons it pro
duceS as great an increase Of crop as dc
forty tWO-hOrse loads of good manure
1t certainly pays to practice it, and tc
practice it largely, even on the land well
supplied with stable manure"
Every one acquainted with the writ
ingS Of Joseph Harris for the last twenty
five years will suppose, Of course, that
clover is the only green crop which could
obtain such a high recommendation from
a practical farmer
But this is not the Case. Mr.. Root
makes but little use of it. He SAYS:
Rye has been my most profitable ma
nure."
Harris thought it just as useless to
pillow in cereal crops for manure as to
attempt to carry buttermilk in a basket
He believed they spilled the most of their
nitrogen while growing. He has now
changed his views, and is conscientious
enough to acknowledge that for twenty
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Rhubarb.

The garden rhubarb, or pie-plant is a
perennial of the same natural family as
the common dock The varieties now
cultivated are the hybrids and have sup
planted the original species, rheum Ria
ponticum, palmatum, and undulatum,
eXcelling them in size, carlineSs, and del
icacy of flavor. The best sorts are the
EARLY, which is of but medium size;
Myatt's LinnHuS, rather early, and yield
ing large crops of large leaves and the
best favored of all, Mya is Victoria,
which is two weeks later stalks very
large and good Downing's Colossal, and
Cahoon's Mammoth, very large varieties
of good flavor.
Rhubarb is remarkable for the quantity
of phosphates and soda it extracts from
the earth. Crude soda might be added
to the soil. Guano and bOne-dust are
very beneficial Rhubarb succeeds best
in rich, deep, rather light loan and in
situation open to the air and light.
Trench the ground two spades deep. 1t
may be raised from seed but thus grown,
sports into new varieties. 1t is best
propagated by dividing the roots, reserv-
ing bud to each piece. These may be
set about two inches deep in rows three
feet apart and from eighteen to thirty
inches according to the sort) in the row
All the culture required is to keep the
surface soil light and free from weeds
The plantation may be made in the fall,
after the leaves are killed by frost and
protected by litter, or as early in the
spring as the weather and soil permit.
1t should not be disturbed after growth
commences. Pluck no leaves the first
year after which the crop will be album
dant. Make a new plantation about once
in five years. If plant or two in sum-
mer dies Out,as it is apt to do inthe South
it is best to remove next autumn the old
plant together with soil in which it grew
and supply fresh soil. New plants to
reset the vacancy can be obtained by un-
covering an old crown and cutting
from it bud with piece of root at
tached.
To obtain the largest product, the
flower stems should be broken off when
they appear, for the plant is weakened
by permitting it to seed. A yearly sur
face dressing of well-rotted manure
should be given, fo1 the stalks to be
good must be quickly grown.
FORCING.
This plant is forced by placing large
flower pot over the roots, and covering
with stable manure The more common
way is TO surround the plant with a
small barrel without head: cover is
placed over it at night and in cold days,
and it is then surrounded with pile Of
stable manure built up in as sharp a cone
as it can be made to form. If the root is
good it will soon fill the barrel with
shoots. The plant should be permitted
to rest after this crop through the sea-
son, and others be selected for the pur-
pose the next year This operation
at the North, is common enough, but at
the South it is generally death to the
plant.-White's Gardening for the South.
G~aau pvn