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Horticulture. 



Vegetable Garden. - It now becomes necessary to cease growing certain 

 kinds, vide Calendar. Excessive rains and strong winds will do a lot of damage 

 which must be tried to be overcome as much as possible by making more frequent 

 and larger sowings. 



Carrot, Daucus Carota, L., of the natural order Umbelliferae. A common 

 vegetable, rather inclined to be difficult to suit, and not often grown to the 

 perfection possible, chiefly on account of shallow tilling and heavy soils which could 

 be obviated by more care, adding sand &c. To get clean roots of a good length these 

 two matters are very important. A deep soil (18 inches to 2 feet for the long kinds) 

 is essential, and ground which has been heavily manured for a previous crop is 

 preferable to one specially manured as this causes the roots to fork. Break the soil 

 up well and bring it to a fine tilth, making the beds four feet wide. The seeds have 

 a tendency to stick together, and should be rubbed between the hands with dry 

 sand or thick sowing will be the result. Sow every four weeks for a succession 

 of crops, in drills eight inches to one foot apart according to the kind grown, and 

 cover with a sprinkling of fine earth. Keep down weeds and thin out to suitable 

 distances two or three times. The chief point is not to prepare the ground in a 

 hurry. 



