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Kitchen Garden, How to Crop a small. By W. H. Morton 

 (Garden, No. 1800, p. 265 ; May 19, 1906). — November and December are 

 the best months for preparing the land, and the work should be carried 

 out with due reference to the weather. On frosty days the manure 

 required for use may be wheeled on to the land, which should be deeply 

 dug or trenched. If the land be laid up in ridges to remain during the 

 winter, the soil becomes thoroughly friable, 



Rotation of Crops. 



This is a most important matter for consideration, and a proper system 

 of rotation in cropping should be strictly carrried out. Never allow the 

 same kind of vegetable to occupy the same piece of ground two years in 

 succession, except in such cases as asparagus, rhubarb, seakale, &c, which 

 occupy the ground for several seasons. Although the same plot may 

 produce for several years in succession good crops of the same kind, such 

 as onions, for instance, by being well and judiciously manured, yet it is not 

 by any means a good practice. In the end the land would become so 

 exhausted that no system of manuring would again fit it for a similar 

 crop until a rigid system of rotation had been practised. Crops, such as 

 cabbages and potatoes, which are of an exhaustive nature, should be 

 relegated to different soil each year. Tap-rooted plants should be suc- 

 ceeded by those having fibrous roots ; thus beet, carrots, and parsnips 

 may be followed by the cabbage tribe, which may also succeed beans and 

 peas.— E. T. C. 



Lantanas. By Le Texnier (Le Jardin, vol. xx. No. 470, p. 276; 

 2 figs. ; September 20, 1906). — Historical sketch of the genus in general. 



F. A. W. 



Lantanas, Dwarf. By E. Saget (Le Jardin, vol. xx. No. 470, 

 p. 277 ; 2 figs. ; September 20, 1906). — Classification, with two figures, of 

 the Bruant varieties, some fifty of these being enumerated. — F. A. W. 



Larkspurs, Annual. By A. N. (Garden, No. 1813, p. 79; fig.; 

 August 18, 1906). — Annual larkspurs, varieties of Delphinium Ajacis, are 

 very showy hardy annuals. This remark is especially true of the double 

 dwarf German rocket (hyacinth-flowered) varieties. The seeds are sold 

 in separate colours or mixed. As there are upwards of a dozen different 

 shades of colour, growers can select the particular shades they prefer. 

 Light and dark blue, brick-red, rose, white, and lilac are the most distinct. 

 If the soil is light the seeds may be sown where the plants are to flower. 

 This may be done in late autumn or spring ; generally plants from the 

 former sowing give the better results. Where the soil is heavy the seeds 

 should be sown in boxes and the seedlings transferred to their flowering 

 quarters in April or early in May. Clumps of separate colours on a 

 border or in separate beds are very effective. The plants grow 18 inches 

 to 2 feet in height. The spikes are densely packed with flowers. 



E. T. C. 



Legume Inoculation : Value of Commercial Cultures. By 



M. J. Prucha and H. A. Harding (U.S.A. Exp. Stn. Geneva, Bull. 

 282 ; December 1906). — The authors found in previous years that the 



