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Garden Work 
vegetable plot, where it can be conveniently got at. When 
the plants are about in. high they should be thinned 
out to 3 in. apart. A small part may be left unthinned 
for early picking. 
Parsley for exhibition requires somewhat special treat- 
ment. This can be readily understood when we see single 
plants with a diameter of 2 ft. 
The seed for these should be sown about the end of 
January, in moderately rich soil, either in pots or boxes, 
and placed in a gentle bottom heat. When the plants 
appear they should be taken out and placed near the 
glass. After having made the second rough leaf they 
should be carefully lifted and pricked out into boxes, 2 in. 
apart each way, in good loamy soil, with a liberal mixture 
of well-rotted horse manure. A better way is to pot them 
singly in small pots, and keep them in a gentle heat until 
they have taken to the new soil and commenced to grow, 
when they can be gradually hardened off. They may be 
planted out 2 \ feet apart each way in lines, about the 
beginning of May, in soil which has been trenched and 
well manured during the winter. If the weather is dry, 
copious waterings should be given at intervals to ensure 
steady growth, as, should the plants get a check, they are 
a long time recovering. If the weather is dry at the time 
of the exhibition, plants for show should be selected and 
thoroughly watered the night before. Then, in the very 
early morning, before the sun gets on the plants, they 
should be lifted and potted with as much of the soil cling- 
ing to the roots as possible. Pots large enough to hold 
all the roots, with the soil clinging to them, should be 
used, and then they should be thoroughly soaked with 
