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obtained ; then draw drills 1 foot apart and half an 

 inch deep. Sow the seed thinly and, after filling in the 

 drills, firm down the bed and rake over the surface 

 lightly to take out the footmarks. One ounce of seed 

 will sow a 200-foot drill. 



Plant Shallots in rows 1 foot apart, pressing in the 

 bulbs to half their depth at 9 inches apart in the 

 rows. 



Make a successional sowing of Broad Beans. 



Make two or three sowings of Peas at intervals of ten 

 to fourteen days. 



Divide Khubarb roots and plant them 3 feet or 4 feet 

 apart each way in deeply trenched and well manured 

 ground. 



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Vegetables. Sow the Globe or Turnip-rooted Beet 

 for an early crop, in drills 1 inch deep and 12 inches 

 apart. Successional crops of Broad Beans, Peas, 

 Kadishes, and Lettuces should be sown. Sowings of 

 Broccoli, Kale, and Savoys should be made. 



Carrots : ' Early Gem ' and ' Favourite ' should be 

 sown in rows 1 foot apart, in drills half an inch deep, in 

 trenched or deeply dug soil that has been well raked 

 down and a fine tilth obtained. 



A sowing of Celery, * A 1 ' (red), can be made outside 

 on a warm border. 



Potatoes should be planted as time and weather will 

 allow. For the early varieties plant in rows 20 inches 

 apart, putting the tubers 4 inches deep and 12 inches 

 apart in the row. For late varieties 2 to 3 feet apart of 

 the rows, tubers 15 to 18 inches apart in the rows arid 

 4 to 6 inches deep can be given. 



