424 THE KITCHEN GARDEN. [JUNE 



the plants have been duly thinned and kept free from weeds they 

 will be short and stubby, and will lift with small balls of earth to 

 each. In this case they may be planted with a trowel and need no 

 trimming. 



Let them be planted with a dibble, in single rows, along the mid- 

 dle of each trench, allowing the distance of four or five inches be- 

 tween plant and plant ; as soon as planted, give them a plentiful 

 watering, and let them be shaded until they strike root, and begin to 

 grow. 



Small sticks may be placed across the trenches, and on those boards 

 or pine planks laid lengthwise; or, pine or cedar boughs may be laid 

 "over the plants, which are to be taken off as soon as they begin to 

 grow. 



The plants when grown to the height of eight or ten inches 

 should have their first landing ; this must be done in a dry day; the 

 earth should be broken small and laid in gently to both sides of the 

 plants, always taking care to leave the hearts and tops free; repeating 

 it every ten or twelve days till they are blanched of a sufficient length 

 for use. 



PEAS. 



Though peas sown at this time do not always succeed in bearing 

 abundantly, yet a few, to keep up a regular succession, may be sown 

 at two or three different times in the month, and if the season should 

 prove somewhat moist, there will be a chance of obtaining a hand- 

 some crop. The best kinds for this season are early Frame, early 

 Warwick, or blue Prussian. The marrow and other such are more 

 subject to mildew, while the above sorts are comparatively free. 



If the weather and ground be very dry, it will be of some use to 

 soak them a few hours in soft river or pond water previous to sowing, 

 otherwise water the drills and then sow them. 



Let those crops, if convenient, be sown in moist ground, but not 

 in a shady place ; in such a situation, the plants would draw up and 

 be good for nothing; observe to allow plenty of room between the 

 rows, for at this season much depends on their having air and liberty 

 to grow. 



ASPARAGUS. 



The asparagus now running up to seed, should be cleared from 

 weeds, and also your new plantations; likewise, the seedlings intended 

 for next year's planting; for if suffered to be overrun with weeds, it 

 . would ruin them. 



TRANSPLANTING LEEKS. 



Select a piece of good ground for this purpose, manure and dig it 

 well, then draw from the seed beds a sufficiency of the stoutest plants, 

 trim the long fibres of the roots, and cut off the tops of the leaves ; 

 this done, plant them in rows a foot asunder, and six inches plant 

 from plant in the rows, inserting their shanks into the earth up to 



