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THE CENTURY BOOK OF GARDENING. 



What to Sow. 



plan 



Savoy 

 Seakale . 

 Spinach . 

 Ti niiati ies 



Turnips 



Vegetable Mai- 

 Herbs ." 

 Potatoes 



Time of Sowing 

 April and .May . 



March or April 



March to August 



January . 



March 



April 



July and August 



March 



April 



August 



April 



Spring 



February 

 dishes 



March 

 April 



lay 



for very 

 f protected 



early 



Varieties. 

 Early Ulm . 

 Drumhead 

 Ordinary Purple 

 Lily White . 

 Victoria 

 Long Standing 

 Early Ruby 

 Conference varietie 

 Duke of York 

 Laxton's Open Air 

 Conference . 

 White Nulen 

 Snowball 

 Red Globe . 

 Model 



Long White . 



Prince Albert 



In variety 

 |" English Wonder . 

 < Snowdrop 

 I Ashleaf in varieties 



Early Puritan 



Windsor Castle 



Up-to-Date . 



Syon House Prolifi 



Triumph 



September. 

 Winter. 



March to May \not forced). 

 May to September. 

 Winter. 

 J une. 



August to November. 



Summer. 



March to |une. 



June. 



Summer. 



Autumn. 



Winter. 



Summer. 



Winter. 

 May to July. 



September. 

 November. 

 Winter. 

 Siuing. 



FORCING TOMATO 



FORCING VEGETABLES. 



THESE are not numerous, the chief 

 being as under : 



AsparagUS. — Where annual plantings are 

 made of young roots in breadths then it is 

 possible to have a good stock of old roots 

 to lift each winter, and place in quantities 

 thickly into beds of soil, either in close 

 covered-up frames on dung- beds, or in brick 

 pits, or in close places beneath shelves in 

 Mushroom houses. Thus enclosed in warmth 

 and well watered, growth in the form of 

 blanched stems soon result, and these, kept 

 cut, are made into bundles and consumed. 

 The old roots are of no value when done with, 

 but may be put aside to decay, whilst other 

 roots should be at hand ready to take their 

 places. 



Beans, Dwarf Kidney.— These are grown 



in good warmth all the winter, usually in 

 pots. These pots, well drained, are then 

 three parts filled with soil, into which from 

 six to eight seeds are placed, then just 

 covered with soil. Pots about 7in. in 

 diameter are best. The soil should be two- 

 thirds loam, the rest being old hot-bed 

 manure and leaf mould. These Beans need 

 a temperature from 6odeg. to 7odeg. to 

 grow them well. Sowings should be made 

 once a fortnight to maintain a supply. 

 Water must not be freely given, but the 

 plants like gentle syringings. They, when 

 well grown, fruit freely and quickly. Good 

 varieties for early winter forcing are Early 

 Forcing and Syon House, and Ne Plus 

 Ultra is the best for late winter forcing. 

 There must be no failure to make frequent 

 sowings to keep up a supply. 

 Cucumbers. — Whilst Ridge varieties will 

 do very well outdoors, frame or house 

 varieties can be grown well only in warmth, 

 in close structures. The bulk of Cucumbers 

 are grown in low glass houses, which are in 

 winter maintained at a temperature of from 

 7odeg. to 7Sdeg. , but in summer obtain 

 ample warmth from the sun's rays. Soil 

 beds, narrow and shallow, furnish ample 



