20 FORMATION OF KITCHEN GARDEN 



previous crop has diminished. This principle cannot 

 always be freely practised. It is not absolutely essen- 

 tial, however, that various crops be grown upon dif- 

 ferent land every year, providing the land is well 

 manured after gathering the vegetables ; sometimes 

 very probably it would be most inconvenient, or 

 perhaps impossible, but the principle is to make a 

 succession of changes. For instance, it is wrong to 

 adopt the plan of growing Potatoes upon the same land 

 year after year, yet it may happen that it is not possible 

 to prevent this for say two consecutive years, and no 

 harm would result. The same remarks apply also to 

 members of the Cabbage family, that is to say all 

 Brassicae, which also should if possible be given different 

 ground at every fresh planting. But as mentioned 

 above heavy manuring will modify and render this 

 practice less necessary. It is not in every garden, 

 however, that manure can be had in large quantities, 

 and gardeners in this predicament would do well to 

 attend as strictly as possible to the proper rotation of 

 crops. It is only in this way that the best results can 

 be obtained by those with limited means of improving 

 the land, and to such therefore the accompanying 

 tables will be of some importance. 



In the accompanying tables each plot has, for con- 

 venience sake and clearness, been divided into three 

 parts. It will be noticed that throughout the five years 

 Plot II. remains undisturbed. The vegetables planted 

 on it will continue to give good results for many years, 

 all of them for five years at least, and in fact are all 



