. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . ld be made as soon as the ground canbe worked. The richer and more friable the soil can bemade the better, and there is little danger of over-ma-nuring provided that the manure is fine; and the olderand better decomposed it is the more satisfactory willbe the results. Having mixed
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . ld be made as soon as the ground canbe worked. The richer and more friable the soil can bemade the better, and there is little danger of over-ma-nuring provided that the manure is fine; and the olderand better decomposed it is the more satisfactory willbe the results. Having mixed the fertilizer with thesoil and made it as fine and smooth as possible, formdrills about 1 in. deep and 10-18 in. apart, and drop15-30 seeds to the foot, covering with about K in. ofsoil well firmed down with the hand or hoe. From 2 to 4feet of drill will furnish an abundant supply for oneperson during the time those from a single sowing areusable, and sowings should be repeated once in 10 or12 days. Early Radishes are often ruined by maggots. Weknow of no certain preventive other than covering thesoil just after planting with a heavy dressing of un-leached wood ashes. A still thicker dressing of tobaccodust will often enable one to get good roots when other-wise the crop would be a failure. Market-gardeners. 2063. Root of the wild Radish, with which Carriere beeanhis experiments (X }4)- often scatter a few seeds of early Radish in their rowsof onions and beets. The Radislies start quickly andonal)le tlie gardener to see and cultivate the rows sooner;and the Radisli crop is matured and pulled before thespace is all needed for the more permanent crops. Petite Cote, Ontario, is a little hamlet of French set- RADISH RAILROAD GARDENING 1489 tiers on the Detroit river, in wliicli nearly every cottagehas a Radish garden, ranging from a few rods to an the product of tliese gardens tlie owners dependfor a large share of their income. The soil is rich,black, sandy and alluvial w
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