JOTTINGS OF A GENTLEMAN GARDENER 



Plant out Cardoons in rich soil. 



Plant out Lettuces and Endive in slightly shaded 

 borders to prevent them running to seed. 



Keep the hoe going where possible between the vege- 

 tables. 



JUNE. 



Plant out Chilian Beet sown indoors in May. 



Plant first-early Potatoes to give you a crop in Sep- 

 tember. They can be grown on land from which early 

 potatoes are taken off in June. 



Sow early Peas to give you an autumn crop. They can 

 follow early Potatoes. 



Plant out all kinds of Cabbage. The plants are best 

 bought from a good market-garden in late June and planted 

 at once, in cases where there is little space to grow from 

 seed. 



Gather Peas and Beans regularly. 



Plant out Runner Beans if possible not later than 

 June yth. They can still be sown, though this should 

 really have been done in May. They require a lot of 

 water. 



Sow more Lettuces and Endive to maintain a supply. 



Plant out more Kohl-rabi and Cardoons, also Celeriac 

 and Celery in your vegetable garden proper if you have one. 

 This last crop requires trenches. 



Plant out Dwarf Beans and Chinese Cabbage also. 



Plant Vegetable Marrows and Tomatoes out of doors. 

 Plants of these can be bought, or they can be raised from 

 seed sown in heat in April and May. 



Mulch Peas and Beans by placing a layer of short manure 

 or grass mowings on each side of the rows, and see that 

 they do not suffer for want of water. 



By the end of the month the tops should be pinched out 

 of Broad Bean plants, and burnt, to prevent attacks of 

 black-fly. 



Hand-weed vegetable borders arranged on the Group 

 system, and apply fertilisers in wet weather. 



