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  2. Hints on Landscape Gardening.

    WE continue our extracts from the old work on Landscape Gardening, mentioned in our last.— GENERAL DIRECTIONS. 1. "That the grand front of a building lie open upon ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,477 words
  3. The Beet Plant.

    THE value of this plant, in one or other of its varieties, in modern European husbandry, is surpassed by few, if any other, cultivated vegetable. It is in field culture that its value is most conspicuous. Field beet, either ...

    Article : 2,376 words
  4. SCIENCE—INVENTION— CONSTRUCTION.

    The accompanying illustration shows a radial drilling machine, designed and constructed by Messrs, Thorne, De Haven and Co., Philadelphia. Among the most prominent of its many excellent features are the following. ...

    Article : 711 words
  5. SEASONING SHINGLES.

    SIR,—A good while ago I noticed in the [?] and Country some remarks regarding the seasoning, &c., of shingles, previous to nailing them on. One plan was to soak or boil them for a time in lime water. As I am going to have a house ...

    Article : 543 words
  6. Facts for Farmers.

    A correspondent of the Country Gentleman gives the following table, showing the amount of potash contained in 1,000 pounds of ashes, made from burning different kinds of wood: pine ½ lb.; poplar ¾lb.; beech ...

    Article : 791 words
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