Round the Year in the Garden 



possible to grow various vegetables, such, for example, as 

 Lettuce, dwarf early Peas, Radish, Spinach, etc., all of 

 which will be ready to gather before it becomes necessary 

 to earth up the Celery. If the finest Leeks are wanted, 

 trenches should be prepared for them in the same way, 

 though for general purposes this is not necessary. Those 

 who wish to have Brussels Sprouts in autumn should 

 sow seeds now in the greenhouse or frame. Dwarf Gem 

 is a good early variety. 



Egg Plant, or Aubergine. This is comparatively 

 rarely grown by amateurs, yet those who care for the 

 fruits ought certainly to sow a few seeds, for the plants 

 are as easily cultivated as Tomatoes. The seeds are sown 

 in a box of light soil in the greenhouse ; when the seedlings 

 are large enough to handle conveniently they are potted 

 singly in small pots, and subsequently repotted into 

 those 6 inches or 7 inches wide, in which they will bear 

 fruits. It is preferable to grow them altogether in the 

 greenhouse, though they also succeed out of doors in a 

 favourable summer. 



Seeds of Tomatoes ought now to be sown ; they ger- 

 minate readily in pots or boxes filled with light soil and 

 placed in the greenhouse. The seedlings are potted singly 

 in small pots, subsequently into those 5 inches wide, and 

 finally, late in May or early June, are placed in larger pots, 

 in which they will fruit. Pots 9 or 10 inches wide are 

 commonly used. Both Tomato and Egg plant must be 

 given perfectly cool treatment throughout the summer. 

 It is necessary to use good turfy loam, with which a little 

 leaf soil and rotted manure are mixed, and potting must 

 be firm. Careful watering is required until the pots are 

 full of roots. Of the numerous varieties of Tomatoes one 

 might well choose for growing under glass Frogmore 

 Selected, Moneymaker, Sunrise or Ideal. 



An early crop of Vegetable Marrows is obtained by 

 sowing seeds now under glass, repotting the seedlings as 

 becomes necessary, and finally in pots 10 inches wide ; or 



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