Round the Year in the Garden 



early in the morning in mild weather. In fact, the glass- 

 house should be kept as cool as possible so that the trees 

 may start into growth gradually. In the heated vinery 

 the buds have already burst ; a night temperature of from 

 45 to 50 is quite high enough, and the ventilators must 

 be opened slightly when the thermometer registers 55. 

 They should be closed early in the afternoon. Seeds of 

 Melon and Cucumber may now be sown singly in small 

 pots of soil, preferably placed on a hotbed in the glass- 

 house. 



In the Kitchen Garden 



The Parsnip is a vegetable that needs a long season 

 of growth, and if the soil is in suitable condition seeds 

 may be sown thinly in rows 15 to 18 inches apart. 

 The seedlings must be thinned subsequently until 

 they are 10 or 12 inches apart. The roots of Jerusalem 

 Artichoke may be planted now ; this vegetable is very 

 vigorous, and the roots ought to be 12 inches apart, in 

 rows 2 feet from each other. Rhubarb can be planted 

 this month, and old clumps lifted and divided. Each 

 root put in must have one or two good buds or eyes 

 and be put from 2 to 3 feet apart. Leaves ought not 

 to be pulled from a fresh plantation of Rhubarb the 

 first season. If Shallots have not already been planted, 

 the cloves, as the bulbs are called, ought to be got in 

 now. It is necessary merely to press them in the soil 

 sufficiently to make them firm; they must not be 

 wholly covered. 



It is possible to grow Potatoes upon the same ground 

 year after year, providing the land is well cultivated 

 and manured, and, most important of all, that fresh 

 seed, preferably Scotch or Irish, is obtained in alternate 

 seasons. Unless the latter precaution is taken the crop 

 will certainly deteriorate. Tubers of early varieties 

 ought to be prepared for planting out of doors next 

 month, by placing them on end in shallow boxes in a 



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