COTTAGE GARDENS. 



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COTTAGE GARDENS. 



Fortyfold, or a por- 

 tion of each. 



An alley of one foot between this and the next 

 division. 



SECOND DIVISION. 



Middle of March 2 rows of Windsor 



beans. 



Early in March 4 rows of hollow- 

 crowned parsnips. 



End of February 4 rows of Altrincham 



carrots. 



,, ,, 6 rows of onions, globe 



or James's keeping. 



End of March i row of Windsor beans. 



Early in May 4 rows of turnips. 



,, ,, 2 rows of beetroot. 



First week in May i row of scarlet runners. 



With a foot alley between each sort. 



THIRD DIVISION. 



Last week in February... 2 rows of ash-leaved 



kidney potatoes. 



... 3 rows of matchless cab- 



bage, or York cab- 

 bage. 



Early in March i row of marrowfat 



peas. 



,, 3 rows of ash-leaved 



kidneys (Cape broc- 

 coli after). 



Last week in February... 6 rows of ash-leaved 



kidneys (celery after). 



it ,, ... i row of early long-pod 



beans. 



i, ... i row of early peas 



(celery after). 



End of March i row of cauliflowers 



(stone turnips after). 



Plant as early as possible a rows of lettuce 

 (autumn cabbages 

 after). 

 With a foot alley between each sort. 



First Division. Potatoes. Note that winter 

 and spring broccoli, and winter cabbage and spin- 

 ach take this division directly the potatoes are off. 



Second^ Division. Root crop. Note that this 

 division is to be trenched for the main crop of pota- 

 toes for the next year directly the roots are off. 



Third Division. Mixed or early crop. Note 

 that this division is to be occupied with flying 

 crops, such as turnips and lettuces, &c., in the 

 autumn, and to be sown with the usual root crops 

 next spring. 



There will be but little, if any, difficulty 

 in following the rotation and sequence of 

 crops as given above. It will be seen at 

 once that the principle lies in dividing the 

 ground into three crops, which arrange- 

 ment provides that in each division two 

 years must elapse before it is again cropped 

 in the same manner. Reduced to a tabular 



form, .the succession of crops stands 33 

 follows : 



FIRST YEAR. 



First division Potatoes, &c. 



Second division Root crop. 



Third division Mixed or early crop. 



SECOND YEAR. 



First division Mixed or early urop. 



Second division Potatoes, &c. 



Third division Root crop. 



THIRD YEAR. 



First division Root crop. 



Second division Mixed or early crop. 



Third division Potatoes, &c. 



Cottage Gardens, Vegetables 

 suitable for. 



It will be useful to append here a list, 

 necessarily brief, of vegetables that are 

 suited for the cottage garden. It might 

 be easily extended, but the sorts named 

 will be found sufficient for all practical 

 purposes. 



