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may be planted between the Lettuces in March. 

 These various crops will mature at different times 

 the Radishes, Lettuces, and Carrots being gathered 

 long before the Cauliflowers ; and when the last- 

 named have matured the border may be utilised 

 for Cucumbers, Endive, Lettuce, Spinach, etc., ac- 

 cording to requirements. 



On the borders facing east and west similar crops 

 may be sown or planted. The aspect, however, not 

 being so genial as that facing south, crops mature 

 somewhat later. 



The north border also has its uses. In summer 

 it may be used for raising Spinach, Turnips, Lettuce, 

 etc., which enjoy a little shade during the great heat 

 of summer. Or such an aspect may be used for 

 storing the idle frames during the summer, or for 

 building a shed in which lights, mats, etc., not in use 

 may be packed away. 



I have seen the frames packed up on each other 

 a dozen or more high so as to be out of the way of 

 crops. The cloches are also stacked up close together 

 in heaps of four and five (as shown in fig. 6), and 

 even during the summer months when not in use 

 are covered with old mats or straw. This is to protect 

 them from the hail-storms which sometimes suddenly 

 come on with great violence in Paris. Indeed, in 

 August 1908 I saw a Vitry garden where sad havoc 

 had been made amongst the cloches during a hail- 

 storm in July. 



In a " French " garden protection is of such vital 

 importance that where neither walls nor hedges 

 exist, it is essential to erect a fence of some sort as 

 a guard against the wind. 



