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THE ELOEAL WOELD AND GAEDEN GUIDE. 
GAEDEN GUIDE FOE MAECH. 
Kitchen Gaeden. — Asparagus to be cut without forcing should 
be liberally top-dressed, and Globe artichokes be planted from strong 
suckers. Choose those that have plenty of roots, and remove the 
hard portions from the base, and trim away the lower leaves. 
The main crops may be sown, at the first opportunity, of aU the 
leading vegetables, except beets, but it is advisable for all small 
holders to make successional sowings of small patches rather than 
large ones, of any kind of vegetable. Good breadths of peas and 
beans may be got in, with spinach between the rows of peas. 
Sowings of marrow and other main crop peas should be made for 
succession. Brussels sprouts, two or three sorts of Borecole, Chou 
de Milan, Enfield Market, and Atkin’s Matchless, a small pinch 
of horn carrot, cauliflower, leek, and lettuce. Short top radish and 
small salads should be sown in small patches every fortnight. The 
first pans of celery may be pricked out tow'ards the middle of the 
month, on a warm border which has not been dug, but covered with 
six inches of dung, with a sprinkling of light earth on the top. 
About the middle of the month sow the main crop of onions ; these 
should have a pi’ce of deeply-dug strong ground, enriched with 
manure, and the seed should be covered with a sprinkling of fine 
charred rubbish. Early planted potatoes appearing above ground 
should be gently earthed over to protect the young tops from the night 
frosts, and if there is any potato planting yet to do, the sooner it is 
accomplished the better, for experience has proved again and again 
that the heaviest and soundest crops are usually obtained by early 
planting. The best mode of planting is to trench them in with the 
spade, so tliat the gronnd has not to be trodden on, either immediately 
before or after their insertion ; the use of the dibble is very objection- 
able. Asparagus should be planted towards the end of the month, 
and the best plantations are made by sowing the seed where it 
is to remain, and thinning to the required distance. Seakale may 
al.<o be planted any time this month ; the small “ thongs ” make 
the best beds. 
Flowee Gaeden. — Sow annuals in small quantities, to be suc- 
ceeded by furtner sowings in April and May. Push a few choice 
sorts, both hardy and tender, forward in a propagating-house for a 
little early bloom. Sowings may also be made of perennial and 
annual flower-seeds, and even half hardy kinds, but the latter will of 
course not appear above ground until the temperature is sufliciently 
elevated for them. Old borders should be trenched up, and the 
perennials divided and replanted, and they will bloom much 
stronger in consequence this summer, besides having more neatness, 
and enabling the cultivator to adopt new arrangements. Any stock 
required for the flower garden should be obtained without delay, and 
especially of such things as Chrysanthemums, Delphiniums, Phloxes, 
etc. Eockeries, may now be planted with alpines and selected 
dwarf-growing annuals and perennials, and roses of choice sorts may 
be grafted on well-rooted stocks, the prunings of good sorts serving 
