Reminders of Work to be Done.Marcti. 371 

 FRENCH GARDENING: p s a e g e e 

 Beans (Dwarf) may be sown in a cold frame, or may be sown on a hot- 

 bed for transplanting later to a cold frame 156 and 157 



Carrots should be sown in cold frames or on sheltered beds in the open 



with wintered Cabbage Lettuces or Radishes on same bed 176 



Celeriac should be sown on a mild hot-bed in the second week 196 



Cauliflowers and Lettuces sown last month should be pricked out in 



cold frames as soon as fit to handle. 



Cauliflowers should be set out, four to a light, amongst the Carrots on 

 the hot-beds, after the Lettuces are cleared, providing the Carrots 

 are making good progress ; if not, the Cauliflowers must be planted 



a week or two later, when the Carrots are stronger 95 



Cos Lettuces should be planted alone or between Hardy Cab. Lettuces 105 

 Cauliflowers (well hardened) should be planted in the open, with Cabbage 



Lettuces, Radishes, or Spinach between 181, 222 and 286 



Melons sown for " forced " fruit last month must be potted in 60's and 

 plunged in a mild hot-bed in the first week, and the beds should 



be prepared and planted by the last week 225 



Melons sown last month for an "early" crop must be potted up and 



plunged in a mild hot-bed in the second week 225 



Melons for " main-crop " should be sown in the last week ... ... 225 



Strawberries may be put on a hot-bed for forcing 333 



Strawberry beds should be covered with frames, for " forwarding " ... 328 

 Tomatoes sown last month should be pricked out in the second week... 341 

 Turnips should be sown in cold frames or on sheltered beds in the open 359 



APRIL. 



O PRING is fairly in now and everything is moving rapidly 

 vJ weeds faster than anything else. The hoe should be fre- 

 quently in evidence, stirring the soil ; this not only keeps weeds 

 down but admits air, sunshine and rain to the roots of the 

 plants, to their great benefit. The man who means to en<J the 

 season well must now work long and laborious days, but if the 

 various operations are intelligently and conscientiously carried 

 out they will be found both interesting and profitable. 



By the end of the month carrots and cauliflowers on hot-beds 

 should be hardened sufficiently to allow the frames to be taken 

 away ; plants in cold frames should also be now fully exposed 

 to the weather. All the available frames will then be taken to 

 another place to be used for growing cucumbers or melons, 

 for which purpose they should be used without delay. 



