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Succession Crops. 



In most of the small back gardens which were 

 cultivated this spring they will have had Potatoes 

 for a large portion of the crop, and on lifting these 

 the ground will probably be very dry, especially 

 so if the planting was done on lazy beds. When 

 lifting, the stalks of the Potato plants can be 

 buried in the trenches, and covered with the soil 

 off the beds, and so level the grovmd over. The 

 bed will have to be dug, as this was not done at 

 first, but if manxire was given when the Potatoes 

 were planted, none need 

 be put in n o w, a n d 

 it can be added, when 

 r e c r o p p i n g in the 

 spring. 



Arrangements will 



have to be made viow 

 for replanting this same 

 bit of ground for the 

 winter and early spring 

 months. The usual thing 

 would be to put in a crop 

 of Cabbage, sturdy 

 young plants from seed 

 sown in the seed bed last 

 April or May. These will 

 have to be planted with- 

 out further delay, as it 

 is getting late. If the 

 owner had considered 

 when his Potatoes would 

 be lifted, and that his 

 ground would not be 

 ready for j'llanting until 

 August, he might have 

 made a small sowing of 

 Cabbage in June, which 

 would just be fit for 

 planting in August. 



Cauliflowers, too, may 

 be planted, and here 

 again no time should be 

 lost. Only plant strong- 

 plants, and firm them 

 well into the ground. 

 These will be fit for cut- 

 ting in October and 

 November. 



Turnips are an excel- 

 lent vegetable and make 

 a variety, and this is a 

 crop which can be sown 

 direct in its permanent 

 quarters. No transplant- 

 ing is necessary, only 

 thinning. The seeds 

 should be sown fairly thick, but not too deep. 

 There are two kinds, white and yellow. The 

 white must be grown on quickly and used as 

 soon as fit, when not quite as big as a tennis ball. 

 They will not keep in the ground. The yellow 

 can be left to be eaten whenlarger, if desired. If the 

 winter is mild and the leaves are not spoilt by 

 frost, the '* greens "* can be cooked and are a 

 welcome dish. One advantage of growing vege- 

 tables in a small garden is that diu-ing a drought 

 it is possible to water the crops, and in the case 

 of turnips especially a drought will rviin a crop, 

 as in dry weather they I'un to seed before a decent 

 sized root has been formed. Hence the crop 



* " Greens " are the young tops produced by the turnips 

 in Sirring. 



RHODOnENDEON RFBIGINOSTJM IN CHINA. 



Photo by George Forrest 



should be grown on as quickly as possible- 

 Leeks are also suitable for planting now in 

 deep soil, which is well broken up and free from 

 lumps. Plant them in a dibble hole and merely 

 fill in the very base of the hole, leaving the rest 

 to be filled in by degrees from watering and 

 working the ground. R. M. Polt.ock. 



Allotments and Suburban Gardens. 



The work for this month will be comparatively 

 light. Efforts should be made to prevent weeds 

 from seeding. Rubbish 

 of all kinds, such as the 

 yellowing leaves of Cab- 

 bages, &c., should be 

 cleared away and placed 

 on the compost heap, 

 or in the bottoms of 

 trenches at the time of 

 digging over vacant 

 ground. 



Seed Sowing^ — Dur- 

 ing the first week of 

 the month sow the main 

 crop of Cabbage seeds 

 in order to provide next 

 year's supjilies of spring 

 and eai'ly summer Cab- 

 bage, sowing varieties 

 such as " Flower of 

 Spring," " Offenham " 

 "Ellam's Early," "Early 

 York," &c. Later on 

 in the month, about 

 the 25th, make a small 

 sowing of Brussels 

 Sprouts, Red Dvitch and 

 Savoy Cabliages and 

 Early. London Cauli- 

 flowers. These will give 

 early supplies for the 

 next season. For these 

 crops the seed beds 

 should be well prepared 

 by deep digging and by 

 the incorporation of a 

 little leafy matter or well 

 rotted horse manure. 

 Where the soil is the 

 least bit sour and finger 

 and toe disease trouble 

 some, lime or plaster 

 rubble should be mixed 

 with the surface soil, 

 using about 4 ozs. to the 

 square yard, or about 

 2 ozs. of powdered 

 quicklime : this w-ll sweeten the soil and pre- 

 vent the development of the disease. When about 

 to sow the seeds, drillsshould be made about half 

 an inch deep and nine inches apart, a little red- 

 lead should be shaken up in the packet with the 



seeds to prevent loss by birds— and the seeds 



sown thinly. It is very important that seedlings 

 which are 'to remain in the ground during the 

 winter should receive full air and sunshine in 

 order to make them thoroughly hardy, and this 

 can only be done by giving them plenty of room 

 to develop. At the end of the month seeds of 

 Onions, such as Cranstr-n's Excelsior, Ailsa Craig 

 and Tripoli varieties, should be sown, to provide 

 early " Scallions " and Onions ; also a few 

 Lettuce seeds, using varieties such as All the Year 



