THE FARMER,

GARDENING.
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Red Petter.-It should be transplanted
into beds, where it is togrow, the last week
in May, 1t should be put in rows, two feet
apart, and the plants sixteen inches from
each other, in good rich garden mould, well
mellowed. The plants should be prepared
for transplanting by sowing the seed in hot
bed, placed in a small box, and covering it
one fourth of an inch deep, about the last
week in April. This hot bed is made by
laying twelve inches of new horse dung in
the bottom of the box, and covering it with
six inches of good garden mould. II any
freezing or very cold weather should hap
pen after the plants come up, let the box be
covered with board until the weather
changes.


1t should be hoed as often, and in the
same manner as cabbage. The pods or
capsules must be picked off and strung up in
a garnet, or other dry room, about the last
of September, or, at any rate, before the tall
frosts.


Savo,y.-It should be sowed about the
first of May, in rows eighteen inches apart,
and treated nearly like onions. Hyssop and
thyme may be treated In the same manner


Sare-It should be sowed in a small bed,
the first day Of MAY, and be transplanted
where it is to grow, when the plants are one
year old The ground should be somewhat





dry, and well manured.


Oyster Plant-The salsafy, or oyster
plant, is vegetable of easy production. and
universally eaten, when introduced to the
table. 1t resembles small parsnip in its
appearance. 1t is raised annually from
seeds, requiring no more care than the car
rot. 1t bears a tolerablc crop In Europe
it is eaten both boiled and fried. In this
country it is parboiled, and then fried either
in butter or without. In its taste, It SC
strongly resembles the oyster, that wher
sliced, and fried in butter, it can scarcely b'
distinguished from it. II is in eating iron
November to May. Like the parsnip it viii
stand out the whole winter


Cress.--Cress, or Pepper Grass, is yer,
good in salads along with lecture and white
mustard. 1t should be sown in drills, prett,
thick (as should the white mustard) and Gu
young A small quantity, IN the salad
son, should be sown every ten days, ant
slightly covered.