Show mur mut myrer w U myr a L T jR 1 c A I 1 tz t enu io PLANTING ROSES except with a few the luxury of the fragrant and beautiful rose has not as yet been enjoyed by the people of deseret De seret serel true we have had the common wild single species found growing on the banks of creek creeks sinthe in the valleys and in the kenyons kan these may have served to tamely represent what we have previously been accustomed to call the rose but the likeness is isso so bo slightly perceptible as to make it a question whether it ig Is admissible tol to longer distort the queens english by applying plying that name to these wild briars in the past when dlo flo flowering plants were rare among among us it may be confessed conre ased that they were preferable to the barren dry daysun sun bun bleech ed unsightly space in those days of primeval nothingness generally constituting the adornment of the grounds immediately in front and elsewhere adjacent to the dwelling but this flimsy subterfuge has been dissipated the wildness of natures solitude is becoming jocund and art begins to shed its grateful tribute of and beauty around us As with the bleak looking ill starred cot ton woods brought from the mountains and da ilu ing in 9 years of successive failures determinately transplanted in the valleys but now at length generally if not wholly discarded so with these wild massy clumps of briars they must give place to the more elegant souvenirs ven iro irb Victo ires ani and roses wild stocks have been profitably and successfully cess fully appropriated in propagating imported rose cuttings for this purpose they may inay yet for a time have value to the floriculturist tu or to any others who can procure cut tino ting tings tinga 11 a from imported roses and who possess the skill of inoculating them wh ch is not difficult of acquirement the budding a of the rose in fact is as simple and as successfully performed as budding into the peach the gardeners Garde ners nerg monthly conta ns some suggestions directly directly in point which we annex n e x what is a garden without a rose As it lasts many years and tales tabes deep root in the grcen 1 the soil before planting should be stirred two feet deep and finely pulverized and enriched with short manures throughout the black surface scrapings in woods which is leaf mould is the best manure for all kinds of roses the ribbon system of planting beds j can be beautifully beau beauel tully carried with lining 9 roses suppose that behave we have an oval bed with souvenir de ue la malmaison Sombre nis ml I 1 an and ca II Madame adame bosanquet along the top lop in a row and three feet apart and three feet from the bed a ring of hermosa archduke charles PU pink daily etc three feet apart also in a row and three feet from the latter and a ring of louis phil ppe abbe al oland eugene beauharnois etc say thirty three inches anart apart in the row what a most beautiful effect it would give to the lawn or flower gar par uen aen if the bed is isa a circle put glorie gione de di dijon dijou jon in iii the he centre or a geant des Bat or priece albert each of stately growth the soil soll should be frequently hoed around them the beds should not be elevated or but very slightly A top dressing of rotted manure or leaf moud mould should be spread over the surface every fall and very shallow dug in spring fig tig dep 1 I ep d gg asis ing wa vill injure the roots no other blowers llo ilo ivers should ba b planted among them cultivators tiva tors should consider roses to be flowers of themselves and grow them to perfection let them have the whole fertility of the soil surface flowers growing among them take all the substance of manures and the roses deteriorate teri orate until fall rains moisten the soil at their roots and complaints are made about the roses not blooming well in hot weather these productions of nature which delight the ie eye and embalm the air with fragrant 0 odors are in their sphere phere adapted to our comfort and happiness without them the world would be incomplete without them home is lacking in a vital element of delicious attraction the numerous list oe of other flowering shrubs and perennial or ever levim living t plants should be set out without delay z cultivation OF THE ARTICHOKE SORT OF GROUND A rich loam or sandy soil well fertilized with manure is best if it the soil is not damp give it plenty of water PLANTING may klay be done time in any april the earlier arbetter tR betten better as frost never hurts burts them in the sprin spring taif tait 7 lay off your ground each way three and halt hait feet apart or plant in drills four feet apart and ind drop arop about two feet apart jn the dri 1 plant and cultivate same as pota toes cutting the tuber when large every 10 knob eg is an eye abd and one or two eyes in a bill hift are sufficient in september they begin to shoot f for or tubers and the ground should be kept moist harvesting when the frost has fairly killed the stalks you may put in your hogs or dig and put in your cellar root house bouse or bury in hills for fon making pickles though they may safe ly ay rem remain ai n in in the ground round all winter and are really best in tte the spring they wilt worse than potatoes or turnips by being ex i pos ed to heat or the air let your hogs bogs have all they will eat for a month then tilen giving them corn till fattened to suit horses cows and sheep also ea eat them ethem read 1 j ily and they are good wholesome and milk producing we raised half a bushel from a stalk in several instances and dug them about ten days ago I 1 firmly believe that if put upon good ground and well cultivated they will produce from one to two thousand beeh bushels els eis per acre J J CULTURE OF FRUITS AND FLOWERS SPRING LAKE VILLA april jtb 1863 DEAR deah NEWS close cloae application of time to nay cay garden orcha orchard rd nurs nursery ery and preparations for farming I 1 ng I 1 ia 13 my excy excuse se for delinquency but the fact is I 1 bart eart out generally before the sun bull and run all day except a few minutes at meal times until the grey twilight so I 1 am unfilled unfit ed led for little but sleep when night throws her ber er I 1 sable veil over the mountains and vall vali valleys 1 I 1 hope in a year or two should oy life ilfe be spared to give a good account oe of my labor labors here nere having been leen very busy since my arrival in the territory a year and a half ago IR introducing many new and desirable varieties of or fruits shrubs trees plants flower flowers and ve vegetables 9 et ables and I 1 expect with the earnest care I 1 have bestowed upon this department tog to ind find my garden and nursery even this season teeming with some fine new fruits and many rich hued flowers with representations represents from almost every known clime it seems strange to find a home without flowers even in summer jummer F when they are so easily produced and add such a charm to the domestic heaven and yet bow few homes are made glad and beautiful by these budding 0 gems when opening roses breathing sweet efrase df rase fase aad aid got sot soft carnations shower blower their balmy dews when inkles liim smile la in virgin roles of whites white the thin undress of superficial light ala aia ang alg varied tulips gay blushing in bright diversities of day the want of plants or seeds is a poor excuse for the lack of flowers for tor nature has bountifully provided for all there are nine desirable and even rare beld held flowers throughout these valleys and even ove odethe the mountains we found last season in the Ka nyong I 1 the modest snow drop the gay gillia the thi ful scarlet par stamon the beautiful lilly ae se goes the gaudy colum columbine bino the fragrant sweet pea phlox and half a score of others as sweet street and fine we have transferred them i to our garden where they grow and flourish finely and we have already several sorts in bloom 4 there la Is to me A dainter ess about these earia flowers that touch me like poetry they blow biow out exit with guch buch a simple loveliness among the common herbs of pastures pasture and breathe their ives so go tin unobtrusively obtrusively like hearts whose beatings bel bet tings are too gen id le for the world J let effry family ornament their grounds gardens girdens windows and even housetops with flowers fowers are innocent and instructive companions for your en and their cultivation will employ anch time that might otherwise be less profitably spent and the sweet truthful influence they exert upon the youthful mind is never forgotten j T C cultivation OF CHICKORY mr J af M pierce of springville Spring ville in a communication ni to D T le baron of this cl city ty gives the following relative to the cultivation of cf chickory and its preparation for u use be whoever can raise a good bed of parsnips par snips can rise raise chickory as the ibe cultivation is precisely the sara saia RAISING THE SEED the root resembling a par para nep ia is set out in the spring TIIE THE SEED this a particular work as it blossoms from the beginning to the end of autumn consequently quent ly the seed rias baa to be gathered two or in three ree times a week as it ripens this is done by spreading a sheet near the stalks bending the tops over and jaring them with a slight alight tap of the hand band the seed falling failing on the sheet the delicate blossom of chickory presents a beautiful appearance inthe flower garden preparing FOR ube USE the root is taken while green cut in strips then crosswise so as to be about tile the bize size of coffee grains then dried in the sun or otherwise it is then roasted till it becomes of a light brown color and boiled the same as other coffee chickory requires from one fourth to one i hait halt milk which must always be boiled in as this ia Is whit hit gives that dell deil deli delicious citius taste ly known to chickory |