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soil necessarily attending the cultivation of celery has rendered pecu- 
liarly fitting. On the other part, a good gardener would only grow 
what I may call a short crop after tlie spring broccoli is over, because 
he would be anxious that during the next winter it should be vacant, 
that he might by ridging or trenching expose it to the action of the 
frost. A crop of potatoes, or dwarf kidney-beans, would fill up the 
space well, and leave the ground about the same time as the other 
half would be ready for a winter’s rest. Thus we see what can be 
easily effected by management and forethought, for we have this 
same quarter that was cropped heavily the last winter quite empty 
this, which a winter’s rest will greatly benefit. 
Let us now turn our attention to a second portion of the gar- 
den, which we will suppose is cropped with early and second early 
potatoes. These will be used up by the end of August, and we still 
find it work in well according as the potatoes are dug up for cauli- 
flower and Walcheren broccoli ; and if there should be room, there 
will still be waiting for a spot the sprouting broccoli, cottager’s 
kale, and other kales. In view of this arrangement, a piece of 
ground of the required breadth should have been left unoccupied in 
the spring, by the side of the potatoes, for savoys, that when the 
other winter greens are planted they may be all together. In the case 
of savoys, to have them large, plant in June upon soil that has not 
been previously exhausted by a crop ; hence the importance of rest- 
ing a piece of land for them. Probably upon the same quarter 
would be planted the first and second crops of spring cauliflowers ; 
in that case they would come off in excellent time for the soil to be 
trenched up for a bed of winter spinach. Here, again, we find 
another quarter at the close of summer devoted entirely to win- 
ter crops, and all the arrangements as complete as circumstances 
will allow them, and this secured only by an ordinary degree of fore- 
thought. If I might still secure space, I would call the reader’s 
attention to what are generally considered permanent crops ; 
amongst these I may include asparagus beds, strawberry beds, plan- 
tations of rhubarb, seakale, and the globe artichoke. These the 
cultivator should endeavour to have near together, for some of them 
are untidy subjects, and if dotted here and there about the garden 
they render it both unsightly and unmanageable. "But with the 
rhubarb, seakale, and artichokes, if there is an odd corner to spare, 
let them occupy it with the bush fruits, such as raspberries, goose- 
berries, and currants ; they ought not to occupy positions all over 
the garden, as they are not only less productive when continually 
bruised and knocked about by wheelbarrows and spades, but they 
are ever in the way, and frequently interfere with important opera- 
tions ; and as these are subjects that delight in a cool strong soil, 
they ought to be planted at the north end of the garden. 
In every garden, and to supply the wants of most families, there 
will be required a greater variety of vegetables than I have as yet 
enumerated. But as these are chiefly summer crops, they ought to 
have a quarter devoted to their use upon which the stronger grow- 
ing broccolis, etc., grew the last year, as this will be an agreeable 
change of subjects for the land ; early turnips in March, and dwarf 
