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Show TUE FIELD, & GAliDEN j low to eucceed ia raisicg Melons I and (Jucambers. A correepondent io OeWt go couoiy, ew York, describes a process by which, even in that oli-1 mate, be has 'Splendid success in ' raising melons" The description is somewhat leDptby; but as ita length results trom its esactress, we will let Mm ooDvey to the reader all the particulars, parti-culars, without ooodcoeation. He says: iooo as tbe ground beooajes a little warm, 1 plow, aod then selecting a plaoe where the ground is sandy, 1 dit; holes about twenty inches in diameter, and fourteen to tistccn ioohes deep. Have the boiea about six teet apart each way. Leave them open a day or two to allow tbe grimed to warm at the bottom; then put into each hole nearly a half-bushel of niinure fresh horse manure preferred. Stamp down the manure, cover it with the dirt dug out, about inches deep, and pat down with tke hoe. The hill will bo quite dishing, Bay 4 inches or more. Mow 1 I i lace near my melon-patch a cask, into I which I put a small wheelbarrow load of fresh cow dropping and a oouple ol shovelfuls of night-ioil. Into this cask i put the soap-suds aod keep it full. Il the weather is dry, 1 oooaMonally moii-teu moii-teu the hills from the eask; cve-ninir cve-ninir is the best time. About the 20rb et May I cut up a tbin, touh sod and plaoo it, ftrasd side down, io au old tic pan. and sprinkie about half au inch in depth of tine eandy loam upon ir. On this I put my seeds, vury thick ; then pur upon these another scd, as large as the pau, grass side up. Upon this I your a teakettle-full of boiliD-hot water at.d set the pan near a stove, where it will kiep warm. Each, morning I pour on a little moio ha: water. Lo about three days tbe seeds Till ha7e sprouts ubout half an inch long. Now remove the upper sod, shake the pan a little, and the seeds will rise from the fine dirt upon the lower sod. Put twelve or filteeo seeds io each hill after slightly scralohing the din. Handle the seeds carefully, so as not to brake the sprouts. Cover abeat three quarters of au inch with dirt. By taking this course your vinos will in two weeks be as lar advanecd as tbey would be in four or live planted in tho usual way. Lt the weeds grow io aud ubout the hiil as a protection from bugs and worms. The vines will grow rapidly, and of course somewhat tali and spindling. If the weather is dry, moisten from the oask two or three times a week, always at evening. This will keep the manure moist and in a stale of lermeatation, causing considerable con-siderable heat.- When the vines have grown about four inches high remove re-move the longest weeds and perhaps some of the vines, add fill in with dirt nearly up to tho leaves. By and by,in a moist day, remove- the weeds from the hill, leaving them growing around the border?. Thin out the vines to five or six, leaving some for the worms. Keep the dirt well up to the leave?. Your hill will now be nearly level. Finally, thin out to three or four of the. most thrifty vines. Ktmember the cask. Take away the old dirt with your fin-fiers fin-fiers acd add fresh dirt two or three times a week, The hill will soon become be-come crowning. Make a small ditch around the bills, say two inches deep, and fill this occasionally with suds from tho cask. After the vines noarly cover tho ground, and the melons will set and of pretty good size, out off the vines. In this way the melons will grow much larger. I ra 83 as hue and fine melons here in Amboy, Uswego county, (on the eastern border of Lake Ontario, as I ever saw on Jvonii Inland or anywhere else. It ofoourse demands labor and care; but let any one try this plan and ho will find bis efforts amply rewarded. I follow the same rule with cucumbers as with melons. Agricultural Report lor April. Flowers for Cutting. Somo one we think it is Mr. Viek in his oata logu3 suggests that every gardener should have a bed from which every one is at liberty to cut flowers at will. The suLTgcption is an excellent one, and embodies what we hare long practiced ! One does not like to have his showbeds cut from by others, and does not like to have visitors gu away empty-handed, and a reserve bed overcomes all difficulties. Wo put out a few heliotropes, rose geraniums, china and tea-roses, carnaiions and other pinks, and cuphea pkilyccntra, invaluable lor its green as well as for flowers, then sow some mignonette, sweet a'yssum candy-tuft and if there is room some sweet peas, and there are always materials at hand for a choice bouquet American Agriculturist. Agricul-turist. A few iron nails placed in a vase of flowers, will keep tho water sweet and the flowers fresh. This aiises from the sulphur eliminated Irom tho plants combining with the iron. Salt has the power of rendering soil moister than it othcrwiso would bo. In dry indy soil, a moif-ture-loving plant like asparagus is benefited by its |
