THE GARDEN WEEK BY WEEK 



June a full bed in autumn will be all in favour of a satis- 

 i6 30 factory crop the following year. 



Celery Leaf Maggot. — Celery planting may continue 

 as fast as ground becomes vacant. If the leaves should 

 become marked by grey lines or light brown patches, 

 they should be squeezed between the fingers, as a small 

 maggot, hatching from an egg deposited between the 

 upper and lower skin of the leaf by a fly, is feeding on 

 the chlorophyll. In order to check further deposits, 

 the plants should be sprayed with the soft-soap 

 and paraffin - oil mixture recommended in case of 

 Onion maggot in the first section of the present 

 chapter. 



Endive and Lettuce. — The Green Curled Endive may 

 be sown for^ use in autumn. Sow thinly in drills, and 

 cover with half an inch of soil. More Lettuces may be 

 sown, and plants that are getting thick in the drills from 

 earlier sowings thinned. 



Tu7'nips. — It is difficult to get nice, crisp Turnips in 

 summer, because the plants are either riddled by the 

 attack of a small black beetle, or run to seed. Some 

 growers consider that moistening the seed in turpentine 

 before sowing helps to keep the beetle at bay. I have 

 not found the plan entirely efficacious myself, but it 

 involves very little trouble or expense, and may be tried. 

 The soil should be rolled after sowing, and the young 

 plants dusted with soot in the early morning, while wet 

 with dew. So far as running to seed is concerned, 

 some varieties are not so much addicted to it as others. 

 Red Globe and Green Round should be used for sowing 

 in hot weather. 



Vegetable Marrows. — There is still time to plant 

 Vegetable Marrows. Plants which were put in previously, 

 and are now growing freely, should have a little attention 

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