. Vegetable gardening. A manual on the growing of vegetables for home use and marketing . that works in almost loss from this cause. It is, however, such an expensive remedyas to seem almost impracticable. Some experiments seem tcshow that soaking the seed in a solution of sulphate of coppermay assist in preventing this trouble in corn as well as smut irwheat, but other experiments apparently prove the contrary,and it may be taken as a dotibtful matter at the best. Practically, then, we know of no sure remedy for smut in corn. The Lily Family is made up of plants that with few excep-tions have
. Vegetable gardening. A manual on the growing of vegetables for home use and marketing . that works in almost loss from this cause. It is, however, such an expensive remedyas to seem almost impracticable. Some experiments seem tcshow that soaking the seed in a solution of sulphate of coppermay assist in preventing this trouble in corn as well as smut irwheat, but other experiments apparently prove the contrary,and it may be taken as a dotibtful matter at the best. Practically, then, we know of no sure remedy for smut in corn. The Lily Family is made up of plants that with few excep-tions have parallel veined leaves. The flowers are regulaiand symmetrical with perianth of six parts, six stamens and asuperior three-celled ovary. Fruit a many-seeded dry pc-d orsoft berry. Besides the asparagus, onion, garlic and leek, whosecultural directions are here given, there occurs in this family thetiger and other lilies, the hyacinth, tulip. Spanish bayonet, cen-tury plant, smilax, lily of the valley and many other familia:flowering plants. Fig-ure 4S.—Com Stiut, (UstLlago Mavdis.). any part of the plant,causing swellings whichcontain black ripe, the swellingsburst and the spores arescattered to continue thedisease another can be no qtiestionbtit that gathering anddestroying the bunchesof f>pores by burning orbtirying them deeply inthe ground would resultin greatly lessening the THE LILY -FAMILY. (Order Liliaceae.) ASPARAGUS. (Asparagus officinalis.) Native of Europe.—Perennial.—The asparagus is an her-baceous plant, growing to the height of about four feet. The ASPARAGUS. lis floweirs are small and generally yellow. They are perfect fails to produce a crop, is one of the first vegetables to beobtained in the spring and may be used until the middle ofJune. Perhaps, no other vegetable is more highly esteemedby those who are accustomed to its use. It may be grownwith success in any good corn land, but is worthy of the bestof care, as it responds r
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