GARDENING CALENDAR FOR APRIL. 
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this is esteemed by many for culinary pur- 
pose*. 
Nasturtium (Indian Cress). — Sow any 
time this month, either in drills or patches, in 
almost any soil. They can be made useful as 
a screen, placing stakes for them to climb over. 
Onions. — Hoe when they are above ground ; 
they may yet be sown with success ; either roll 
or trample in the seed. Now is a good time to 
sow for pickling ; any sort will do ; sow by 
the side of a wall, and the thicker the better ; 
they must not be thinned. Transplant the 
autumn-sown crops. 
Parsley. — Thin out to six inches apart ; 
it may be transplanted, and if the crop is 
scanty so increased ; the most curled plants 
should be selected. 
Parsnips must be thinned to ten or twelve 
inches apart ; keep the soil stirred among 
them. 
Peas. — For late crops, the marrows, the 
blue Prussian, and Auvergne are well adapted ; 
as a general rule, the best time to sow the 
succession- crops is when the others are just 
through the ground. Top all the sorts when 
one foot high, and again when three feet or 
so ; attend to staking in time, adapting the 
length of the stakes to the sorts. If dry 
weather prevails give thorough waterings, 
and put a little of the nitrate of soda in the 
water — about half an ounce to a gallon of 
water. 
Potatoes may still be planted ; avoid cut- 
ting the sets and planting them deep ; do not 
use rank manure. Hoe and keep the soil 
open among advancing crops, and give them 
space. Seedlings may be raised, either with 
or without heat ; many plants may be gathered 
where the last year's haulm was left to rot ; 
plant them at the usual distance ; though 
large potatoes are not got the first year, an 
excellent crop of new sorts will be had the 
second. 
Purslane. — Sow now if not done last month ; 
thin out to six inches apart. 
Radishes. — Sow again this month ; monthly 
sowings will be sufficient if the place is moist 
where they are grown. 
Rampion. — This being chiefly valuable in 
winter, the sowing may be deferred until 
August ; clear the ground where it has been 
growing, as soon as it is disused. 
Rhubarb. — A rich soil is indispensable for 
this crop ; seed may now be sown with suc- 
cess ; the stalks are ready for use when the 
leaves are half expanded. 
Rosemary may be raised from seed, but 
it strikes readily from slips, inserted in sandy 
soil now. 
Sage will strike readily now from cuttings; 
choose the young slips ; it is also increased 
with facility by layers. 
Savory. — The main sowing may be made 
by the middle of the month, upon a light 
warm border. 
Savoys. — Sow the principal crop about the 
middle of the month ; plant out a few at the 
end of the month ; if ground is scarce, they 
may be planted between beans or even early 
cauliflowers, but an open rich spot is pre- 
ferable. 
Salsify and Scorzonera. — The main sowing 
may be made the first week, or towards the 
middle of the month ; if they come up in 
clusters, thin them early; sow shallow and in 
drills, about a foot or fifteen inches apart. 
Sea-liale may be raised from seed, which is 
preferable to slips or pieces of the root ; sow 
rather thin, and cover about two inches ; as 
soon as up, thin to a few inches apart ; if the 
young plants are properly attended to, and 
watered with liquid manure, they will do to 
force next season. 
Scurvy Grass. — Sow or divide the roots 
now, and give it a light and moist soil. 
Skirret. — Sow in the second week, in 
shallow drills a foot apart. 
Spinach, at this season of the year, is 
often sown between the rows of peas, and the 
coolness of this situation is in its favour. 
Still, if ground can be got, this and all crops 
are better grown by themselves. Thin to 
four or six inches, and sow monthly. 
Tansy is easily raised either from seeds or 
by division of the roots ; any common soil 
suits it, and a few plants will probably meet 
the demand. 
Tarragon. — Divide the roots, and make 
the most of it, as it is frequently required for 
forcing. It is easily struck by cuttings in the 
summer months. 
Turnips. — Sow again early ; thin by the 
hoe to five inches apart as soon as they have 
formed their rough leaves. At the appear- 
ance of fly sprinkle the whole with soot, lime, 
or wood ashes ; shelter them a little by laying 
a few branches over them when brairding. 
Vegetable Marrow. — Sow in a frame or 
under a hand-glass about the 20th, and at 
the appearance of the rough leaf pot them as 
cucumbers, and treat similarly. 
Water Cress. — This most popular of salads 
may be simply grown either in streams or 
pools, or without either, thus: — form four feet 
beds of strong loam, 'in a moist situation, 
plant about six inches apart, and keep in a 
moist state in summer by watering, and suc- 
cess is certain. Irrigation is commendably 
resorted to, where quantities are grown. 
Winter or Normandy Cress. — Sow in a 
light rich soil, and thin out to three inches. 
Wormwood. — Propagate by slips put in a 
sandy soil; and plant out in a rich earth ; a 
few plants will now meet the demand. 
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