388 THE NEW GARDENING 



ready in June and bring the remunerative price of 

 35. 6d. ; if the price should fall to half that figure the 

 crop will not pay. Other Cantaloups are just planted 

 for successions. 



The Mushrooms are growing on conical beds in the 

 shade of large trees, also in a dark, heated Mushroom 

 house. 



Scarlet Runner Beans are growing in boxes until the 

 time for planting out comes. 



Vegetable Marrows are comfortably ensconced under 

 cloches, ventilated at the moment with the ridged props, 

 but with straw at hand to pull round the cloches at 

 night. Some white and green bush Vegetable Marrows 

 are already planted out four feet by two apart. 



There are Lettuces almost everywhere. Four crops 

 of this salad have been grown under cloches since Feb- 

 ruary. White Gott and Black Gott (the colours refer 

 to the seeds) are popular varieties ; others are Improved 

 Chauvigny (Cabbage), Noire Parisienne (Cabbage) and 

 Romaine (Cos). The Black Gott is a very early variety. 



Cauliflowers, Early French Frame and Early Paris 

 Forcing are ready. 



Carrot, First of All early has been used, and varieties 

 in or approaching use are Grelot and Bellot. 



Pea, World's Record, a good variety of the Gradus 

 type, is growing right round the garden under the fence 

 to give pods in June and July. 



Turnips, White Milan and Marteau have given crops 

 and more are advancing. 



As the outdoor season is approaching most of the 

 forcing has been done. Manure is being removed and 

 stacked for future use. A good many lights are already 

 piled. 



A bed of Mint reminds us of a useful herb which, 



