Round the Year in the Garden 



roots are put in a box of soil, in a dark and warm 

 shed or other place. 



It is important to gather and burn dead and decaying 

 leaves, Potato haulm, and rubbish generally ; there is 

 no simpler and better means of getting rid of disease 

 spores and insect pests and of insuring, to a considerable 

 degree, immunity from these troubles another season. 



Those who have a dark shed in which a temperature 

 of 55 can be maintained may make up a Mushroom bed ; 

 the proper material for this is horse manure, which must 

 be made into a heap as it becomes available, and be 

 turned frequently. At the end of ten days it is used 

 for forming the bed, which should be from 12 to 15 inches 

 thick after having been trodden firmly. When the tem- 

 perature of the bed has declined to 85 the pieces of 

 spawn are inserted, 1 inch apart, and 1 inch deep. A 

 covering of sifted soil 1 inch in thickness completes the 

 work. If the requisite temperature is maintained, and 

 the bed is moistened as becomes necessary, Mushrooms 

 will appear in about six weeks and continue for about 

 two months. 



It is pleasant to be able to gather a few dishes of 

 Peas in May, when they are still a luxury, and this may 

 be done if four or five seeds are sown in 4 -inch flower- 

 pots now ; they must be kept quite cool during winter 

 and repotted in late March, or planted out of doors early 

 in April. 



