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IRISH GARDENING. 



ior garnishing, but is excellent as a flavouring 

 to soups and stews. During the present crisis 

 we have to make the best of everything. 



Carrots, like Beet, prefers soil which has been 

 cultivated but which has not had manure 

 recently. Sandy soil is preferable, but deep 

 digging and thoroughly breaking u]) the lumps 

 will do much to make soil fit. The carrot fly is 

 frequently troublesome, causing serious blanks 

 in the bed, but as a rule it is the early crojos 

 that suffer most. By deferring sowing the seeds 



border of Carrots may have an edging of some 

 favourite annual flower, such as Nemophila — 

 a small packet ^of seed Would suffice. A per- 

 manent edging might be formed by sowing a 

 small packet of thyme seed, so that a " season- 

 ing " herb would always be at hand. 



Dwarf Curly Greens are by no means to be 

 despised for decoration, and certainly no better 

 winter vegetable could be desired, and being 

 hardy and vigorous they will succeed nearly 

 anywhere. Any front garden which has been 



Photo by] 



MixKD Flower Bokdeiss at St. Awe's 

 From a Painting by Miss Rose Barton. 



[Mason, Dame St., Dublin. 



till the middle of May this pest may be largely 

 escaped. 



Few people will deny the ornamental qualities 

 of carrot leaves, in fact they have often been 

 used as "green foliage" in arranging cut 

 flowers. A bed of Carrots therefore may with all 

 propriety adorn the front garden. Make the 

 surface of the bed as fine as possible and sow the 

 seeds in drills a foot aj^art and an inch deep. 

 As soon as large enough thin the seedlings, but 

 do it gradually, taking a few at a time till they 

 are ultimately about 9 inches apart. Sow a 

 variety of what is called the intermediate 

 section. Again, if effect is desired, the bed or 



fairl}^ well cultiA^ated in the past should grow 

 this useful vegetable, and plants can be pur- 

 chased very cheaply as a rule from local market 

 gardeners, manj^ of whom are already adver- 

 tising Cabbage plants, &c. It will be time 

 enough to plant in June, giving 2 feet between 

 the plants. A few plants dotted through the 

 other beds would all help to add to the Avinter 

 suppty. 



We frequently hear of at least one difficulty 

 which confronts the owner of a small garden, 

 and that is the difficulty of purchasing seeds in 

 small quantities. In the past several reliable 

 firms have made a feature of supplying seeds in 



