. Dreer's garden calendar 1867. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. DREER S GARDEN CALENDER. YMGETABLB GAMDBJS: Prkparation of the Ground.—To secure a fair return in season- able crops, for tlie labor and outlay invested, it is essential that the soil of the Vegetable Garden should be well tender-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 avai
. Dreer's garden calendar 1867. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. DREER S GARDEN CALENDER. YMGETABLB GAMDBJS: Prkparation of the Ground.—To secure a fair return in season- able crops, for tlie labor and outlay invested, it is essential that the soil of the Vegetable Garden should be well tender-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, howevei% that several of the concen- ti-ated manures, now manufactured, are useful and convenient, especi- ally 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 susceptible of alteration and improvement in texture; heavy clays can be rendered open and porous, and light sandy soi\^ may be con- solidated and rendered more retentive of moisture. I'or 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 vari-. ous sizes, according to the 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 fre
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