GARDENING FOR ALL. 77 
Care should be taken to avoid sowing peas too thickly in 
the rows, especially in regard to those that grow three feet 
high and upwards. Many crops of peas have been ruined 
mainly because they have been sown too thickly, this tells 
especially during periods of drought and in cases of 
insufficient manuring. All rows of peas should run north 
and south. Manure liberally for them at all times. 
Peas are a profitable crop to grow for market and will 
realise from £10 to £30 per acre. Usually those grown in 
fields vary from £10 to £20 per acre on the ground. These 
are generally sown in February and are cleared off the 
ground at the end of June and early in July, and are 
succeeded by a crop of swedes or cabbage. 
RHUBARB.-—(Rheum hybridum). 
This commonly grown and handsome looking plant was 
introduced from Asia in 1778. It is one of the most useful 
crops for home use and a very profitable one when properly 
grown and marketed. 
As a market crop it is most profitable when lifted and 
forced and sent to market from December to March, after 
which time the price falls very low. The sum realised may 
be anywhere between £20 and £60 per acre, according to 
circumstances. 
Seed may be sown upon an ordinary seed bed in March. 
Sow in drills one foot apart, and thin out the young plants to 
nine inches apart. These should be planted in due time in 
their permanent quarters, the ground having been previously 
deeply dug and heavily manured, planting in rows four feet 
apart and the plants three feet from each other in the rows. 
Old roots may be divided and re-planted, the roots being 
divided by a sharp spade with as little injury as possible, 
taking care that each root has a strong crown attached. 
Each root is then planted in rows four feet apart and three 
feet apart in the row. 
Rhubarb is easily forced by lifting the roots and packing 
them closely together in a dark and warm shed, filling up 
the spaces with soil and keeping the roots moist. Or by 
covering the roots in the ground with boxes or barrels and 
heaping warm litter over all. A mean temperature of 60° 
