IV.] JULY 201 



Any favourite sort of Cabbage such as Enfield 

 Market or Nonpareil should be sown about the middle or 

 end of the month, for the principal spring or summer crops, 

 the seed sown broadcast and thin on a well-prepared bed. 

 It must be kept watered in dry weather and shaded until 

 the seeds grow. 



Some more Cabbage Lettuce may be sown for 

 succession in winter and spring. In dry weather it 

 needs watering, and the ground stirring about it while 

 growing. 



This is the best time of the year to sow Parsley ; it will 

 practically last into the second year without running to 

 seed. 



Late in the month a full winter crop of Prickly Spinach 

 should be put in. 



As the early Potatoes are dug, some White and 

 Yellow Turnips may be put in their place each week 

 through the month. 



First Celery crops may be earthed. 



Plantations from runners of really good Strawberries, 

 layered now, and planted out when well rooted in showery 

 weather, will be likely to bear a crop the following 

 year. 



Red and White Currant bushes tied up now in 

 coarse muslin will have their berries preserved from birds 

 and insects well into September a season when fruit 

 is less plentiful. 



Alstromerias are not always easy to establish in gardens 

 with heavy soil ; perhaps the best chance for them is 



