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  2. Field and Garden Reminders for November.

    Although the drought cannot altogether be said to be broken up, yet there has lately been a great improvement in the weather generally. The rains have undoubtedly been very patchy, and, ...

    Article : 551 words
  3. A Folding Hand Rake.

    It can hardly be denied that the ordinary rake takes up an inconvenient amount of room in a barn. A Kentuckian has Bought to overcome this inconvenience in a most ingenious way. He ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 111 words
  4. THE GREEN HOUSE.

    In the green house, if proper attention is paid to watering and shading, rapid growth will now take place, and as the heat increases the greater will this be the case. This rapid growth will ...

    Article : 367 words
  5. THE ORCHARD.

    The principal work in this department throughout November month will be in the earlier districts the picking of early peaches and cherries. Towards the close of the month these ought to ...

    Article : 550 words
  6. The Briar-root Industry in Italy.

    The wood from which, briar pipes are made is the root of the large heath known in botany as the Erica arborea. Our "briar" is but the corruption of the French bruyere. The British ...

    Article : 605 words
  7. An Egg-Collecting Nest.

    The neat illustrated is intended automatically to collect eggs which have been laid in order to prevent a hen from eating them. The neat is divided into three compartments—a central ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 135 words
  8. THE VEGETABLE GARDEN.

    After the late copious rainfall in the coastal districts slugs and snails will become very numerou[?] and destructive in this department, unless a good watch is kept for their destruction. These ...

    Article : 639 words
  9. Dwarfed Trees of Japan.

    At the Paris Exhibition, Japanese horticulturists exhibited a number of dwarf trees. There were thuias, pines, and cedars, said to be 100 to 150 years old, not higher than 18in. Hence one ...

    Article : 283 words
  10. THE FLOWER GARDEN.

    The splendid rains that we have lately had will admit of late planting, being carried out. It is, under, ordinary, circumstances, rather, late in the season for planting, but considering the extreme ...

    Article : 310 words
  11. Value of Roots and Stubble.

    A large amount of fertilising material is ploughed under as sod. when worn-out meadows are brought under tillage. Samples of timothy and red-top, taken in the fall, when there was a ...

    Article : 287 words
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