THE HEART OF THE YEAR 



Vegetables 



Cauliflowers. — Plants raised in April, and trans- 

 planted from the seed bed, ought now to be sturdy, and 

 have abundance of fibrous roots. If there is a piece of 

 ground free, they may be planted at once, thirty inches 

 apart all ways. The soil ought to be deep, rich, and 

 friable. It is well to take advantage of showery weather 

 for planting, but the plants will grow in dry weather if 

 they are watered in. 



Celery. — The planting of the main crop should be 

 completed as early as ground can be found for making 

 the trenches. Proceed as previously advised. If some 

 plants were put in a month ago, they will have made 

 good growth by now probably. Water and liquid 

 manure will help them along. Use the paraffin-oil and 

 soft-soap spray to check the leaf maggot. 



Mushrooms. — Manure may now be procured with a 

 view to making up beds for autumn. Remember that 

 the manure should be well shaken up to drive off gases, 

 and that ridge-shaped beds thirty inches wide at the base 

 and the same high are suitable. 



Mildew in Onions. — A bed of Onions, to all appear- 

 ances perfectly healthy, is sometimes discoloured, and 

 the growth stopped, in a few hours by an attack of mil- 

 dew. The plants hang limp and lifeless. The foliage is 

 covered with grey powder. This is a serious enemy, and 

 a grower who notices the faintest discolouration of the 

 leaves of his Onions should get some lump lime from a 

 builder, slake it with a httle water so as to reduce it to 

 powder, and then dust it on. 



Clearing-off Early Peas. — It is useless to leave early 

 Peas on the ground after the crop has been gathered — in 

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