873.] 



CALENDAR. 



335 



TEMPERATUHE at CLUHSTY CASTLE GARDENS, ABER- 

 DEENSHIRE, from May 1 to May 31, 1873. 



Heiglit above sea-level, 280 feet ; distance from sea, 17 miles. 



May 1, 



., 3, 

 „ -i, 

 ,, i>, 

 ,, ^, 

 ,, '', 

 „ 8, 

 „ 9, 

 „ 10. 

 „ 11, 

 „ 12, 

 „13, 

 „14, 

 „ 15, 

 „ 16, 



AVind almost constant from E., N.E,, and X, 



A. M'D. 



KITCHEN-GARDEN. 



The removal of croiis used up, or 

 nearly so, will now require prompt 

 attention, so that the space maj^ be 

 manured, sown, and planted. An 

 effort should now be made to get every 

 available space well filled for winter 

 supplies. AValcheren, Granger's, Snow's, 

 Knight's Protecting, Carter's Cham- 

 pion, and Gordon's Broccolis, are among 

 the best to give a succession of crops up 

 to May or June : and systematic ar- 

 rangements should be made so that 

 each kind may be planted to follow the 

 other in succession, avoiding small 

 patches of ground becoming vacant in 

 the midst of large breadths which are 

 to turn in at a later date. Broccoli 

 may be planted in rich ground from 2h 

 to 3 feet apart. Seldom are good heads 

 had when the plants stand under 2 

 feet from each other. Kale and 

 Brussels Sprouts should be planted 

 in abundance, as they are two of 

 the hardiest and most useful of all 

 the Brassica race, and often give 

 good supplies when Broccolis are de- 

 stroyed. Plenty of Cabbage or Cole- 

 worts planted now will be useful in 

 autumn. Sow seed for early spring 

 Cabbage about the middle of the month 

 for the north, and towards the end of 



the month for the south. Clear off all 

 refuse from Cabbage which have been 

 cut, and give a mulching to keeji them 

 in active growth, if they are to supply 

 heads in autumn and winter ; but 

 young plantations are generally most 

 satisfactory. Hard heavy clay -land to 

 be planted or sown should have a 

 watering the night previous, and it will 

 break down like powder when half 

 dry. Give the plants a good soaking 

 when they are planted, should the 

 weather be dry. Surface-waterings 

 repeated keep the roots near the 

 drought, and they are destroyed, thus 

 making the plants stunted. Half- 

 watering is worse than none at all. 

 Early Celery will now take almost any 

 C[uautity. When a good breadth of 

 early Potatoes is lifted, sow Turnip 

 for autumn and winter supply. Spin- 

 ach maj' be sown between newly- 

 planted Broccoli, Cauliflower, or other 

 crops ; thus saving useful ground, and 

 doing no harm to the remaining crop. 

 Sow a good breadth of Lettuce. Thin 

 out crops a foot apart, and plant the 

 best of the thinnings in a shady posi- 

 tion, to make a succession crop to 

 those standing where they were sown. 

 Endive may now be sown on good 



