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crops for autumn use, and a few for the winter, which must bo sown 
without delay, or the supply will be short at the time it is required. 
One of the most important crops to be sown early in the month is 
that of the Broccolis for winter and spring use. Very frequently 
the early part of Marcli is recommended for sowing the seed of these 
vegetables ; but excepting for the early varieties which are required 
in the autumn, the Mrst week in May will be quite soon enough. 
W'hen sown early the plants are frequently crippled with the cold 
weather usually experienced during the spring, and sometimes they 
receive considerable injury through remaining too long in the seed- 
bed. Broccolis are not the only vegetables which suffer from the 
last-mentioned cause, and it should be distinctly understood that no 
useful purpose whatever is served by having plants ready for putting 
out a month or six weeks before the ground is ready for them. 
The seed may be sown in small beds, but for small gardens one 
large bed may be marked out and the seed sown in drills, one or 
two drills being devoted to each variety according to the number of 
plants likely to be required. 
Lettuce for furnishing the principal supply during the end of 
the summer and the early part of the autumn should also be sown, 
the seed of these also may be sown and the plants transplanted when 
the quarter is ready for them ; but, where the ground can be 
spared, sowing the seed where the plants are to X’eraain is decidedly 
preferable, the labour of transplanting will be avoided, and the 
plants will remain longer before running to seed. In a season like 
the present, and on naturally cool soils, it is not of so much import- 
ance to sow the seed where the plants are to remain as it is in dry 
seasons and on hot sandy soils. 
Other crops that may be sown now are Cauliflowers for autumn 
use. Cucumbers for ridges. Endive for early use. Dwarf French and 
Eunner Beans for main crops, Peas for late crops ; Vegetable 
Marrows for main crops, and Turnips for main crops ; small 
salading may also be sown for successional supplies. 
Planting out the various crops raised from seed sown early 
in April and towards the end of March will also form a large 
proportion of the work in the kitchen garden during the month of 
May. The young plants suffer severely when they remain crowding 
in the seed-beds too long, therefore every endeavour must be made 
to have the quarters in readiness by the time they have acquired 
sufficient strength to admit of their being transplanted safely. 
It is especially necessary to transplant Lettuce as early as possible, 
for they are soon useless if they are too much crowded in the seed- 
bed. Cabbage, Cauliflowers, and Kales may be transplanted into 
temporary beds where the quarters will not be ready for them ; put 
them about four inches apart each way, and when so prepared they 
will be in splendid condition for filling vacant plots after potatoes ; 
in all cases the plants should be lifted out of the bed with the aid 
of a small fork or trowel, for when drawn out without the soil being 
loosened in any way a very large proportion of the fibrous roots will 
be either broken off or injured. Dull weather must be taken advan- 
tage of for all transplanting operations, and, as far as possible, ths 
May. 
