THE GARDEN WEEK BY WEEK 



March Beans, Turnips, Spinach, early Carrots, Onions, Parsley, 



^"^5 Brussels Sprouts, Lettuces, and Radishes. Potatoes may 



be planted. On heavy soils and cold sites it may be 



wise to hold all these crops over. The state of the soil 



is the principal factor. 



Early Cabbages. — Cabbages from sowings made last 

 summer ought to be growing freely now, and they can be 

 expedited by running a hoe between the rows at frequent 

 intervals, and by sprinkling the lightest possible dressing 

 of nitrate of soda or sulphate of ammonia between the 

 plants. These salts burn, and must be kept off the leaves. 

 Soot is a safe and good fertiliser for Cabbages, and may 

 be used instead of the salts, but its action will not be so 

 quick. If summer Cabbages are wanted, a sowing of 

 seed may be made out of doors now. Improved Non- 

 pareil is a suitable variety, and all seedsmen sell it. 



Solving Peas. — A wide drill about three inches deep 

 should be made when Peas are being sown, and sowing 

 should not be done at a greater rate than one pint of 

 seed to twenty yards of drill. The seed should be 

 scattered well over the drill, so that the plants may not 

 come up crowded ; if they do they should be thinned 

 until they stand quite clear of each other. In view of 

 probable trouble from vermin, it is prudent to moisten 

 the seed in paraffin oil before sowing it. Gradus, 

 William the First, Ideal, and Chelsea Gem are all good 

 early Peas. The first three grow from three to four feet 

 high, the last grows about fifteen inches. Where more 

 rows than one are sown, it is the rule to have them as far 

 apart as the plants grow high, and to sow Spinach and 

 Turnips in narrow drills between if the rows of Peas 

 are more than three feet apart. 



Early Turnips. — The Early Milan in those districts 

 where it succeeds, and the Snowball where the Milan 

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