. Dreer's garden calendar for 1864. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. dreer's garden calendar. ESCULENT GARDEN. Preparation of the Ground.—To secure a fair return in seasonable crops, for the labor and outlay invested, it is essential that the soil of the Esculent garden should be well under-drained, thoroughly trenched or subsoiled, and enriched by a judicious application of fertilizing material. It is still the current opinion, based on experience, that for all purposes, well-composted barn-yard manure, when availab
. Dreer's garden calendar for 1864. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. dreer's garden calendar. ESCULENT GARDEN. Preparation of the Ground.—To secure a fair return in seasonable crops, for the labor and outlay invested, it is essential that the soil of the Esculent garden should be well under-drained, thoroughly trenched or subsoiled, and enriched by a judicious application of fertilizing material. It is still the current opinion, based on experience, that for all purposes, well-composted barn-yard manure, when available, is the best material. We do not deny but that several of the concentrated manures, now manufactured, are useful and convenient, especially for a succession of crops. The exposure of a garden, has much to do with the early maturity of the crops; an exposure to the morning sun is desirable. The soil must be in a friable state to secure the prompt vegetation of the seeds, and the destruction, or rather prevention of weeds, is one of the most desirable results of frequent stirring of the surface. Soils are suscep- tible of alteration and improvement in texture ; heavy clays can be rendered open and porous, and light sandy soils may be consolidated and rendered more retentive of moisture. For all such details we must refer the amateur to more extensive treatises on these subjects. Garden Requisites.—There are several aids to the economical management of the garden, which are almost indispensable; one of these is the hot-bed frame, for the forwarding of plants for early planting. A frame such as is shown in the cut, may be made of various. sizes, according to tho size of garden, from four sashes upwards. The length of sash is generally seven feet, by three and a half wide, the size of glass six by eight inches, making the entire frame of four sashes, fourteen by seven feet. The frame should have a southern or south- eastern exposure, should be made up with fresh horse manure,
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