The Garden--hot Beds

No one liiiviocr voii a íinlo nero of land sbould be wit (■n.vt. ;i garden. It is uot only pro6tble, but ;$ bealtby omployment to tliu faruily, if tliuro ís my rural tusti amoog te ornatos. The saving in expense to a cüiihiiüíi fized füniiy ban oüly bo appreoiattd by thoso wliO'bavc livcd in eouDlrj tod in town, and tbe superiurity in flavor is wol! understood by lbose whn can pluok Iheir own vegetables froui tbe garden as tbey r.quire their use, to tlioso wlio are for days, Qy, 1 ittl)llo8S, Bometimea for weeks, obtaiaed frorn tho middle nen of our markets. It is a phame to any tntiu üving in the country, to bofouud des'itute of a eupply jf the commouest kiuds of vegetables 'or thcir table, in the spring orsum nier, weeks after the profesional gardener bas been pupplj-ing ihetn to the denizens of the city, and uif for the want of a hot-bed to foree the germioation of the plañís, so that tiiey may iiave a goo;l ;ind e'irly utart so soon ns tho cold weather may liava pnsacd away. At niany of our stores where buildioe raa.teri.ils are suld, hotbed frames can be had tor a i'.iere trifla. wliich with liitle eare, wül last for yuars ; tho eize will depoüd upon the spaco used in the girden ; or a man who has any acquaintance with the use of toóla can síu-ily get up a frame that will fuit Lis purposu. - A requisito of importando is to have a warm eouihern exposure, the back of the 'raine twice the heigt ol thu front, and unk a few inches into the gronnd, that, jerhaps, is better, or it may be placed on the surface. Horfa uung should be used, whicb should be turned over, sharen and wel l mixed with a dung fork as t is put on the bed. Uccasionally beat it down wilh the baok of the fork until the dung is a'oout two or Khrèe feet n depth ia the frame when it sliould be loft to sffttlo d.wn six or sevon inches, whioh it will do in loss than a fortrjigbt When tha heat is FUsTicioitly .laised, hy putting down th'j framJ after the dung ie put iu, tlion put iu f'our or five iiicliiis of dry e;irt!i, ruke it sniootli ai d even, wben your liot-bed will be fit to receivo any seed j'ou may desiro to fow. On every aord day in mild weather, cf ter jour eeeds are sown, miso the fah at middny a few incbea to adiuit air aod to gradúate heat, but be suru not to permit the same to be neglected at pight; and when the woatlier is very chilly, the hot-bed should bs corercd with matlmg