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early lettuces ; at 17, early seed beds ; at 18, second crop of 

 peas ; at 19, early carrots ; at 20, dwarf French beans ; at 21, 

 parsley ; at 22, herbs ; at 23, seed beds for winter subjects, and 

 small salading ; at 21-, second crop of French beans ; at 25, second 

 crop of lettuce ; at 2G is a vacant space, left unoccupied on the 

 north border — that is to say, the border looking north. This is 

 for the purpose of having a cool spot to grow such things as let- 

 tuces, radishes, French beans, etc., which do not succeed well in 

 the open quarters during very hot weather in summer. 



The Main Quaetee. — We have now to deal with the principal 

 portion of the maia quarter of the garden. But as different families 

 differ in the extent of their requirements and taster, in respect of 

 the various kinds of vegetables, I can only shadow out a few general 

 suggestions from what my experience leads me to believe will be 

 essential to the majority. In the first place, I may state that, gene- 

 rally speaking, the villa garden does not furnish space to admit of 

 potatoes being grown in sufficient quantities to supply the wants of 

 an ordinary family throughout the year. Knowing this, I pur- 

 posely confined myself to a limited space when designing the plan, 

 well knowing it would only cause confusion in the mind of the 

 reader if I dealt with the plan under an extensive scale, which could 

 not be carried out in practice in a villa garden : therefore, in the 

 following remarks which I have still to make under this head, as well 

 as under the rotation of crops, the reader will not expect that I 

 should provide for a large supply of potatoes. As one of the prin- 

 cipal crops which will be used in filling the space which is left un- 

 cropped, the summer and late crops of peas will take a prominent 

 part, and to deal with these (especially the tall growing kinds) in a 

 profitable manner, no two rows should be nearer to each other than 

 ten feet ; in fact, it must be so if you want to see the character of 

 the sorts, and obtain a good return. I shall therefore assume that 

 ten feet is tlie distance provided between the rows, and supposing 

 that the width of this piece of ground with the rows standing 

 north and south is such, that one row is enough ibr a single 

 crop. I should mark out the distances early in March for six rows 

 at ten feet apart. This will give six successional supplies of 

 peas, beside the earliest ; and if the first sowing is made on the 1st 

 of March, and successional crops about every twenty days, this will 

 carry the last sowing on to the last week in June, which is the 

 latest date that late sowings of peas can be depended on. 



Having marked out the positions for the peas on the 1st of 

 March, three rows of early potatoes should be at once planted between 

 each two rows of peas. These, at two feet apart, will leave a clear 

 space of four feet to each row of peas. The first two rows of peas 

 sown may probably retard the potatoes between them, but the fact 

 that the latest crops will not be sown until the potatoes are nearly 

 fit for use (and in some localities quite fit), those that were retarded 

 by the peas will have plenty of time to mature their grov\'th, and 

 will be ready to come off the ground as soon as the peas. Thus is 

 secured two different crops from the same space, and, what is im- 

 portant to remember, both crops are off in ample time to secure a 



