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THE AMATEUR’S KITCHEN GARDEN. 
grass side downwards, in a frame or pit in November, December, 
or January. The plant is made as hardy as possible by 
abundant ventilation in favourable weather, and by being kept 
as near the glass as possible. Sometime in March the turves 
are carried to ground prepared for them and carefully laid in 
lines, and lightly moulded up with the hoe, and if favourable 
weather follows, the plant takes hold of the ground above, and 
green peas may be safely reckoned on in the ensuing month of 
May. But “there’s many a slip,” etc.; the keen east wind, the 
untimely snowdrift, the casual frost, may work sad havoc with 
the tender plants, and whoever practices this method of 
procedure should be prepared with protective measures in case 
of unfavourable weather, while the plant is as yet not well 
established in its new position. One precaution consists in 
putting stakes to the rows at the time of planting, and they 
should consist as much as possible of short thick brushwood, 
such as the smaller stuff from hornbeam and alder loppings, or 
even of fir or other evergreen trees. The shelter this kind of 
stuff affords is remarkably effective, and as a matter of course 
it soon affords support also, for the peas take hold as soon 
as they begin to grow. 
Another good method is to sow in troughs or boxes, and 
without doubt the best form of box is that described by Mr. 
Maw of Broseley in the Gardener s Chronicle. 
A a (drawn 1 -6th the actual size) represents a wooden frame 
or box, with loose bottom b b, made of rough |-inch boards, 
