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MA RCH. 
KITCHEN-GARDEN DEPARTMENT. 
If bad weather or other causes have rendered 
it impossible to carry out the directions given 
for last month, these should now be proceeded 
with, and trenching and digging should be 
hurried on, so that the ground by the end 
of the month may either be cropped or ready. 
Weeds should be destroyed, and the surface of 
the ground occasionally stirred. Clear away 
worn-out Brussels Sprouts or other winter stuff, 
and prepare the ground for other crops. 
American Cress may be sown. 
Angelica,—Transplant that sown in autumn; 
plant 2 feet apart in moist soil. Seeds may be 
sown. 
Artichokes.—At the end of the month dress | 
the beds, and remove the litter or rotten leaves 
used for protection. If fresh plantations are 
required plant the suckers in rows 5 or 6 feet 
apart, placing them in clumps of three at 4 feet 
distance in the row, and the suckers 8 or 9 
inches from each other in the clump. 
A spaiagus.—Sow in drills 18 inches apart. 
New plantations may be made in favourable 
weather. Plant those roots intended to be 
grown and lifted for forcing purposes 18 inches 
apart every way. Permanent beds should be 
laid out 4 feet wide, with 2-feet alleys between 
them. Plant two rows of two-year-old crowns 
in each bed 18 inches apart in the line; and at 
1 foot on either side of the central line, after 
the plants are visible, mulch the surface of the 
bed with 3 inches of manure in order to keep 
the soil about the roots moist in dry weather. 
Dress the beds. 
Beuns.—Those raised in heat should be 
transplanted to a warm situation as soon as 
the weather will permit. Sow full crops of 
Windsor and Long-Pod as 
as possible. Earth up those above-ground. 
Beet. — Small sowing of Egyptian Turnip 
Rooted may be made for early use. 
Borecole-—In cold situations sow the prin- 
cipal crop for autumn and winter supply. 
Broccoli. — Sow Snow’s 
in the month. 
frame; also Knight’s Protecting and Veitch’s 
Autumn Protecting for pricking out for early 
planting, more especially if, owing to frost or 
wet, the soil elsewhere is in bad condition for 
the seeds. 
Brussels Sprouts—Sow the main crop about 
early in the month | 
THE GARDENER’S ASSISTANT. 
the middle of the month, or in cold localities ~ 
to form a succession to the August sowing. 
Cabbage.-—About the end of the month sow 
Ellam’s Early, or Matchless and Early Battersea, 
for summer and autumn supply. 
Cabbage (fed).—Plant out those sown in 
autumn, and make another sowing for a later - 
supply. 
Carrots. —The main crop should be sown 
about the middle of the month, or as soon 
after as the weather and state of the ground 
will permit. } 
Cauliflower.—Sow in the last fortnight for a 
late summer crop. Plant out from under hand- 
glasses those not required to remain, and 
_those likewise which have been protected 
through the winter. The early sorts should 
have a warm place, the later varieties in the 
open quarters. 
Celeriuc.—Sow in slight heat, or under hand- 
glasses, on a warm border. 
Celery.—lf not done in February, the first — 
principal sowing should be made in the first 
week on gentle heat, and at the end of the 
month the second main crop should be sown 
under a frame or hand-light, 
Horse-Radish.—Plant pieces of the roots by 
_means of a long dibber, 18 inches long, in well- 
enriched soil, 1 foot apart in the rows and 
18 inches between them. For this purpose 
the long clear pieces not large enough for use 
should be selected. 
Jerusalem Artichokes—Plant in rows 3 feet 
apart, and 1 foot in the row. 
Leeks.—Sow the main crop about the middle 
of the month out-of-doors. Prick out the plants 
raised in boxes in frames as for Celery. 
Lettuce.—Plant out on borders from frames. 
Sow both Cabbage and Cos varieties in the 
beginning of the month on a south border. 
Onions.—Sow the main crop as early in the 
month as the ground and the state of the 
weather will permit in very shallow drills 
15 inches apart. Sow Spanish or Silver- 
skinned for pickling. The ground should 
be rather poor, firmly trodden, and the seed 
covered very lightly. Transplant some of those 
| sown in autumn. 
White Winter early 
Some should be sown in a cold | 
Parsley.—Sow seeds in bed or as an edging to 
a border. The Curled sorts make a neat edging. 
Parsnips.—Sow the main crop in drills 14 inch 
deep and 18 inches apart. Hollow-crowned and 
Tender and True are considered the best. 
Peas.—Make large sowings of main crop sorts 
according to the extent of the panden and other 
circumstances. 
