GARDEN FARMING ON A GREAT SCALE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1954, 15 January 1885, Page 4

GARDEN FARMING ON A GREAT SCALE.

Nr.AR the little village of Santo 0990, wh^h lies »t the foot of the Mount Suiuauo, a horttcultiual establishment has been founded which promises to exercise a most important influence on gardening in Italy, and which may render good ?er\ ice to horticulture generally. The pi ice is thus deaciibed by a correspondent of The Garden :~ Senitor Kossj, au enthusiastic amateur, conceived about a year ago the idea of creating a pomological school ; but, not content with tins, ho has extended his operations so .13 to embiacp frt-.it, flowers, and vegetables of all ilosciiptious. The amount of land devoted to this puipo<-c is about 5000 acres, the whole of which is encoin passed by walls, and which is divided into two poitions by one of the principal roads of the district, and U so n«-ar a Kill way that 1 special uranch fiom it will le brought into it, which in the ease of such an cxtenshe area will n.itiually confer great advantages. Nothing indeed seems to nave been neglected or lender this model poinologiealand horticultui.il faim, as the founder terms it, .1 success Amongst the principal features of this truly gigantic undertaking may bo mentioned 8000 square yards of wall, furnished with fruit trees and provided with shelter igainst spring frosts ; 1500 acies of eating grapes, which .1 reservoir con taming I'JOO cubic yards of water and the continual flow from Mount Siimano guarantee ay.unst drought; a \ineyaul containing .'>o,ooo vines, a fruit g.irden of SO, 000 trues, a tri.il ground of 200 acres, and some 300 acres of asparagus. Accommodition is also provided for 1)0 pupils clothed in unitorm, some of w'lich will be maintained at their own uxpsuso, whilst others will receive a sub *Hy from the varion3 communc3 and provinces of which they miy be natives So fir,»s I am aware, thU 'garden f.irm' will, for size and completeness of design, have no counterpart in Europe, and it is to be hoped that the energy and skill displayed in the formation will meet with tho reward it so lichly merits."

While we fellows are scratching to eirn our living, the cremationisU are taking measures to urn their dead. A oood joke isn't a bit like an urn biella, because one is never used up, and the other is nevci u-cd any other way. A FACKTiocw swell who danced with a cOuple of Ohicigo girls at a jiaitv recently remarked that, although lie liked rins;s on hiH finders, he couldn't at«.nd belles on his toes Make a Beoivnivg.— Rpmembar i» things that, if you do not begin, you will never com<* to an end. The first weed pulled up in the garden, the Hist seed in the ground, the first shilling put in the savings-bank, and the fiist mile travelled on a journey die all important things ; they make a beginning, and thereby a hope, a promise, a pledge, an assurances that you are in earnest in what you hive midcrtikui. How many a poor, idle, hesitating outcast is now creeping and crawling on his way through the world who might hive held up his head and prospered if, instead of putting off 1)13 resolutions of industry and amendment, he hid only made a beginning! VY.ntm.vtio^ of Wkcls.— Dr Black offers the following suggestions. Let down a bucketful ot water and empty it on its reaching the surface of the water. On pulling up tho bucket, you will draw up a bucketful of the carbonic acid or foul air ; and this may be repeated twenty or thirty tunes, or more, until it i« found by the 01 dinary practical test that .in ignited candle is not extinguished until it reaches the water. When this end is attained, descent into the well is safe — but not previously. Or the bucket might be lowered empty, and then filled ■With water from the well and immeliately emptied when it will be filled with carbonic acid, which may thus be raided, bucket after bucket, a* before. Another correspondent writes : "' Twice in my lifetime I have had occasion to have wells on my premises cleaned out, and in fifteen minntr"} this was done at each well by throwing down a large sheet of paper in full bla/e of fire. The foul air rushes out in a perfect volume of wind in a quarter of an hour. I went down a well of from thirty to fifty feet deep, after trying the usual candle." Spknt Hof"s a^ \ Mwurk —The ralue of spent hops in the gaiden is not «o well appreciated as it should be. It is particularly useful as an ingredient in composts for pot plants — superior to leaf in mid, because less liable to contain fuugoid germs ; it is fully more nututive as w< 11 All soft-wooded plants revel in it. Its light, porous natuic lenders it a valuable, clement for mixing with heavy loams for all plants that require a light, open soil. About laige towns it is easily procured, and the best waj to pieparc it for use is to store it in a heap in the open air, where it will ferment and sweeten It should be stacked in this way for about six mouths before being used, and turned over once in that tune, [t makes a. capital and very cleanly mulching alt>o ior plants in summer to prevent di ought. There is very little nutriment in it fwr this purpose as compared with fiesh manure ; but for strewing between lines of strawberries to obviate drought and keep the fruit clean, it is superior to any other material and cheaper, because, while it may be obtained at about the pi ice of manure, yet, weight for ■weight, it will go twice as far. The uso of hops in the garden is not exhausted by the ]'iiipoMs3 above stated. They form one of the best materials for the formation of hot beds. When lightly made, a hot-bed of spent hops is much more l.u>tiug than one foimed of manure alone They should be trpated in precisely the same way iis manure as regards preparation foi this purpose. As much as may be recjniruil to make the proposed bed thoiild be procured at once, and throw n up in a heap of ferment. Leave it thus for a week or eight days, and again turn it over, throwing it up loosely as before for another week, and then make up the bed. It will require to bo imde up more solid than manure, otherwise the heat will become too violent. 'Ihe admixture of leaves or litter in the process of building the bed up will be found advantageous in binding the sides together. When used in this way it forms at the end of the season a valuable supply of the vriy best material for the pin paw of potting thai can be found.

Remember This. If you are sick Hop liitters will surely aid Nature in making you well when all else fails. If you arc costive 01 dyspeptic, or are fiulFcung from any other of the numerous diseases of the stomach or bowels, it is your own fault if you remain ill, for Hop Bitters is a sovereign remedy in all such complaints. If you arc wasting away with any form of Kidney disease, stop tempting Death this moment, and turn for a cure to Hop Bitters. If yon are sick with that terrible disease. Nervousness, you will find a "Balm in Gilcad" in the use of Hop Bitters. If you are a frequenter, or a resident of a miasmatic district, barricade your ftystem against the scourge of all countries — malarial, epidemic, bilious, and intermittent fevers— by the use ot Hop Bittera. If you have rough, pimply, or sallow skin, bad breath, pains and aches, and feel miserable generally, Hop Bitteis •will give you fair skin, n'ch blood, and sweetest breath, health and comfort. In short, they cure all Diseases of the stomach, Bowels, Blood, Liver, Nerves, Kidix y'a, Bright's Disease. £500 will he paid for a case they will not cure or help. JDruggiHts and chemists keep them, That poor, bediidden, invalid wife, sister, mother, or daughter, can be made the picture r>f health, by a few bottles of Hop Bitters, citing but a trifle. Will you let them suffer ?