A YEAR'S GARDENING 



APRIL 22 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Sow Melons for a second crop, growing 

 the seedlings in pots until they are about a foot high. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — ^Sow Broad Beans for succession. 

 Also make a sowing of Beet. 



Flower Garden. — Make a further sowing of Nastnrthim and 

 Tropaeolum seed in case of failore of some of that previously sown. 



APRIL 23 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Cut back Marechal Nid Roses to about 

 3 or 4 feet from the base, so that they may make new shoots. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Sow the main crop of Carrots. 



Flower Garden. — Sow any half-hardy aimuals that have hitherto 

 been omitted. 



APRIL 24 



Greenhouse and Frames. — ^Look over all Roses for mildew, and 

 where it is foimd, dust with flowers of sulphur. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — ^Plant out Caxiliflowers, as they 

 are ready, at every favourable opportunity. Make a fresh sowing 

 to-day. 



Flower Garden. — ^Sow Ricinus (Castor-oil Plant) on a bed which 

 has been thoroughly enriched with well-rotted manure. 



APRIL 25 



Greenhouse and Frames. — ^Prick ofE Aster seedlings that have 

 attained the third leaf into suitable pans or pots to avrait single 

 potting later on. Also make a fresh sowing. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Sow Cardoons on well-manured 

 ground, in rows 3 or 4 feet apart, and in groups of seed about 18 

 inches distant from each other. 



Flower Garden. — See to the staking of the Sweet Peas; it is im- 

 portant that the tendrils, while still small, are provided with some- 

 thing on which to twine. 



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