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and including, August. Vacant spaces between celery 
trenches may be utilised with advantage by planting them 
with lettuce, and not infrequently the best lettuce is 
produced there. 
Cold frames are useful in which to shelter lettuce during 
winter ; and in cases where the plants are frozen, it is best 
to gently thaw them by sprinkling cold water over them, and 
by sheltering them from the rays of the sun until completely 
thawed. 
Those plants intended to pass through the winter ought 
to receive abundance of room, air, and light at all times, 
except when there is frost. Good lettuce can only be 
produced on rich and moist soil in conjunction with a warm 
temperature, 
Some good gardeners grow a hardy variety under the 
name of “Schofield”; it withstands an ordinary winter 
tolerably well, and comes early into use in spring. 
PEA. — (Pisum sativum). 
The pea is a deservedly popular occupant of the kitchen 
garden, and the cultivator who succeeds in annually pro- 
ducing good crops of peas of the best quality performs a 
feat of which he may be justly proud. 
There are many varieties of peas in cultivation, and 
many more have passed out of cultivation and are forgotten, 
and deservedly so. 
In the Gardeners’ Year Book for 1873 we find 79 varieties 
figured, most of which have ceased to exist, but a few were 
varieties of sterling merit and they are with us to-day; 
amongst which are Sangster’s No. 1, William the First, 
Laxton’s Supreme, British Queen, Ne plus ultra, Champion 
of England, and Veitch’s Perfection. On page 71 of that 
useful book we find these opening sentences :—‘“ During 
these twenty years the numerous names that have been given 
to the different varieties of peas have been most puzzling, 
and have led to great confusion. A variety of great 
excellence is allowed to degenerate, and in due course it 
gradually becomes like anything but what it originally was. 
Some grower has been careful to keep his stock very select, 
and finding in time that it is much superior to the degenerated 
