]Q0 THE KITCHEN GARDEN. [March. 



high, thin the parsneps to four and the carrots to three inches, plant 

 from plant, in the rows. 



Some people sow the seeds broad cast in beds, tread them in, and 

 then rake the ground: but this method should never be practised 

 where the soil is stift", inclinable to wet, or apt to bind. You may 

 sow with these crops a few radish and lettuce seeds; of the latter 

 any of the cos kinds are most suitable for this purpose, they not 

 being subject to spread like the heading sorts. 



Small Salading. 



Small salading, such as cresses, mustard, radish, rape, and turnip, 

 &c. should, when a constant supply is wanted, be sown once a week 

 or fortnight, in a warm border, observing to draw some Hat shallow 

 drills three inches asunder; sow the seeds therein, each sort sepa- 

 rate, and cover them lightly with fine earth. 



For the particular method of sowing and treating these seeds, 

 see the work of last month, page 125. 



If these young herbs, or qny other of your early advancing crops, 

 such as peas, beans, &.c. are attacked with a hoar frost appearing 

 on them in the morning, and a sunny day is likely to follow, let 

 them be watered before the sun shines on them with spring or 

 pump water, to wash and melt it oft', which will prevent their turn- 

 ing black and spoiling. 



Celery. 



If celery was not sown last month, let some seed be sown the 

 beginning of this, to plant out in May, &c. for an early crop; sow 

 some more of the same seed about the middle, or towards the latter 

 end, for a succession crop. The seed should be sown in a bed or 

 border of mellow rich earth, sowing it on the surface moderately 

 thick, and cover it in lightly with fine mould not more than a 

 quarter of an inch; or you may rake it in with a light and even 

 hand. Water the bed frequently in dry weather. 



Let it be observed that there are two sorts of celery; one known 

 by the name of Italian or upright celery; the other called celeriac, 

 or turnip-rooted celery. The first is that which is commonly cul- 

 tivated for the general crops, and of which there are several varie- 

 ties, viz: common upright celery with hollow stalks, solid-stalked 

 celery, red-stalked solid celery, &c, either of which being raised 

 from seed sown as above, is afterwards planted in trenches for 

 blanching their stalks, which are the principal useful parts; but the 

 celeriac is generally cultivated for its swelling bottom part; and 

 being planted either on level ground, or in shallow drills, the roots 

 of it swell like a turnip. See Jipril, May, June, &c. 



Broccoli. 



Sow broccoli for early crops, &.c. to come in for use in October, 

 November, and December, &c. 



