t - 1 .. : XT l. ,T. r i
c.niv in :uuiuu .-.ir. Kj. lives in
Maryland ; and here we should think
" April more suitable than March as soon
as the season will admit a seed bed to be
prepared ; one must be made which 1
would advise to be new laid, inclining to
be a little moist. If the ground can be
burnt first, so much the better. About
this time you will find the seeds begin
( to burst, as soon as they generally begin
to open and some to sprout, sow them
bjoad east and pretty thick, and cover
them about one inch deep, by taking the
surface earth with a spade or shovel, out
of trenches wide enough for a man to
stand in, at the distance of four feet apart,
through your bed ; which trenches serve
to stand in to pick the weeds from the
young plants, which must be attended to,
as the plants at first are very-tender, and
would be lost by letting the weeds over
run Wiem at first. If v,: weather is fa
vorable, and the seeds in a proper state
they will be up in a week, and will grow
the first season from 12 to 18 inches
high ; the largest will do to plant in
hedge next spring, and the balance the
following spring.
Ore for tooth-aciik. Mix alum and
common salt in equal quantities, finely pul
verised. Then wet some cotton, large
enough to fill the cavity, which cover
with salt and alum and apply it. We
have the authority of those who have
tested it, to say it will prove a perfect rc
, meily. Hi. Agriculturalist.
