26 MARCH 



It is hardly too early to plant a few of the tender 

 gladioli in the reserve plots of the kitchen garden. 

 Frosts may threaten them in May, but it is not 

 difficult to protect a dozen plants or so. The main 

 supply will not be set out until next month, as 

 gladioli are most valuable late in summer when 

 many other flowers are over ; one does not really 

 want them until August. 



