The Farmers' cabinet, and American herd-book . beds or hot-houses, and after-wards transplanting them into the openground, is a common practice, and often suc-ceeds well; but I would recommend a me-thod not so well known but far preferable tothat of pots and boxe.«, especially when theyare to be raised on a hot-bed. This consistsin having a quantity of turf cut into strips,say ten inches long and three inches wide,placing them in a close and regular mannerover the surface of the whole bed, grass-sidedownwards. A row of peas, &c. is sown oneach row of turf and afterwards covered withrich earth.
The Farmers' cabinet, and American herd-book . beds or hot-houses, and after-wards transplanting them into the openground, is a common practice, and often suc-ceeds well; but I would recommend a me-thod not so well known but far preferable tothat of pots and boxe.«, especially when theyare to be raised on a hot-bed. This consistsin having a quantity of turf cut into strips,say ten inches long and three inches wide,placing them in a close and regular mannerover the surface of the whole bed, grass-sidedownwards. A row of peas, &c. is sown oneach row of turf and afterwards covered withrich earth. When they are fit for transplant-ing, nothing more is required than to lift upthe turf piece by piece, with the peas, &. upon it, and place them where theyare to produce their crop. By this means,the roots receive no injury, nor do the plantssustain the least check in transplanting. Thismethod may be adopted with similar successin the raising of potatoes, beans, &c.—N. No. 5. The Old English Black Horse. 145. THE OLD ENGLISH BLACK HORSE. (Sire, Old Black Legs, from a mare of the Dishley blood. From Lows Illustrations. The individual here pourtrayed, represents a descendant of one of Bakevvells most valued horses, the progen-itor of some of the finest of the old dray-horses of London. Leicestershire, Derbyshire, and Staffordshire aredistinguished for the breed of this kind (if horses, which are still in great demand, not only in the midlandcounties, but overall the south of England, for the labours of the field and for road wagons and heavy car-riages of all descriptions. Here they are to be seen, moving at a slow pace, attached to enormous vehicles bywhich merchandise is conveyed inland, and in great numbers in all large cities and sea-port towns, for thetransport of heavy goods from the wharves, for the carriage of coal, building materials, and for a thousandother purposes; while in London, where the very largest and finest are in constant demand, for th
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