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Dutcli hoe between the low.s as soon as growth is 

 observed. 



Globe Artichokes may salely be planted this 

 month, and as they occnpy the gronnd for several 

 seasons, the ground should be thoroughly well 

 tilled and manured; plant them in rows 5 feet 

 apart and about 4 feet from plant to plant. Give 

 them a mulching of long litter as soon as planting 

 is completed 



There are many inferior strains of this excellent 

 vegetable in cultivation, which produce massive 

 open heads. The best strain that I am acquainted 

 with comes from the South of France and 

 is obtained from Messrs. Vilmorin. Seeds may 

 be sown in boxes of sandy soil and potted off when 

 large enough and grown in a warm house. 



which sow 4 or 5 seeds, cover with similar com- 

 post and rake over the whole bed, leaving a smart 

 finish. Tender and True, The Student, or Hollow 

 Crown are excellent varieties. 



Carrots— Where Early Horn Carrots were sown 

 last month, they are now well up and requiring 

 very careful attention as to airing and spraying; 

 admit a little air on all possible occasions, spraying 

 with tepid water and closing the lights at 2 o'clock. 

 Give an occasional dusting of soot, and watch for 

 slugs, etc., another sowing may be made of the 

 same varieties and under similar conditions. 

 Radishes sown between the rows must be drawn 

 and used before the foliage interferes with the 

 carrots. 



Broad Beans— Make a good sowing of Exhi- 



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Parsnips— This valuable vegetable requires 

 special treatment and a very long season to l)ring 

 it to perfection, it is also advisable to give the 

 crop a different piece of ground each year. 

 Trench a piece of open ground, adding a good 

 dressing of leaf soil, sand and burnt eaith 

 and wood ashes, from the smother fire; work in 

 some good lime between each layer of soil, and 

 as soon as the soil is in good condition sow the 

 seeds thinly in rows 18 inches apart. Where 

 Exhibition roots are required, bore lioles with an 

 iron bar .". feet deep, 2 feet apart in the rows and 

 15 inches from plant to plant. Fill with finely 

 sifted soil from the soil shed and firm witli a 

 bamboo, leave a small indentation at the top on 



bition Long pods. For Broad Beans select a 

 good open site well trenched and manured with 

 thoroughly decomposed manure. Sow in rows ;i 

 feet apart, and acc-ording to the requirements of 

 the Kitchen. Beans that are being brought 

 along in boxes for planting out, must be kept 

 growing in cold frames and give air on all 

 lavourable occasions, keep them as sturdy as 

 po.ssible, otherwise they will l)econie drawn "^ and 

 likely to prove a failure, look over them every 

 morning for water, and give thorough soakings. 

 PoT.\TOE.s— Where the earliest Potatoes are 

 grown in fruit houses, started in Dei'eml)er. it 

 will be advisable to move them to cooler houses, 

 otherwise with tlie rising temperatures and 



