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GARDEN NOTES FOR MAY. 
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out Onions , Turnips , Carrots , Parsnips , Beet , and Parsley , to the proper distances. 
Sow Scarlet Runners at the beginning of the month for main crop, and at the end 
of the month for succession. Sow Peas twice during the month, on deeply dug, 
or trenched, well-manured ground. Sow also some more Broad Beans and Dwarf 
French Beans. Attend to the earthing-up and rodding of Peas as they require 
it, and if the weather be dry give them copious supplies of water. Sow a good 
breadth of Parsley for winter and spring use ; Cauliflowers for autumn and winter 
use ; and a good breadth of Turnips; also make successional sowings of Spinach, 
Lettuces , Radishes , and Salading. Clear away the materials used for blanching 
Seakale, and fork the ground well over. Prick out late Celery. Towards the end 
of the month plant Tomatos against south walls, and prepare ridges for Cucumbers 
and Vegetable Marrows. 
Pme-growing is a very simple affair, if a proper bottom-heat be maintained 
at all seasons ; and without a proper bottom-heat, no attention or management 
in other respects will ensure success. This is a point in which beginners some¬ 
times make sad mistakes ; I advise the greatest attention to this matter ; 85° will 
always be a safe bottom-heat; it may fall a few degrees below this in midwinter, 
and rise a few degrees above it at midsummer, not only without doing harm, but 
with benefit to the plants. The principal supply of fruit for the season will 
now be progressing fast, and should have every attention paid to it; keep a moist 
atmosphere ; water liberally, and occasionally with liquid manure; and give air 
freely in fine weather. The succession plants should have plenty of air, and 
liberal supplies of water; and if they have a nice bottom-heat, they will not 
require much more attention at present. Let Grapes , now ripening, have 
moderate fire-heat, with dryness, and give abundance of air during the day, 
leaving a little on at night. For successional houses attend to former directions. 
In late houses keep up good fires whilst the Vines are in flower. Maintain a 
moist atmosphere in the early Peach house whilst the fruit is swelling, and keep 
the inside borders well watered, but when the ripening begins, keep a dry 
atmosphere and give abundance of air, keep the shoots well stopped and 
tied down in succession-house. Syringe the trees mornings and after¬ 
noons, and give abundance of air. Stop, thin, and regulate the shoots of Figs, 
and if the trees cannot be syringed on account of ripening fruit, do not 
neglect keeping a moist atmosphere by other means, for if the red spider 
gain the ascendancy on the plants, it will be difficult to eradicate. Strawberries 
will require copious waterings, and all plants not in flower or having ripe fruit 
must be kept well syringed, otherwise the red spider will be difficult to keep 
under. See that Cucumbers have a proper bottom-heat; renew the linings when 
necessary ; do not allow the plants to carry too much fruit at once ; keep the 
shoots well thinned and stopped, and attend to previous directions ; plant out for 
late crops. Pay every necessary attention to Melons as they advance in growth 
by earthing up as they require it, by thinning and stopping the shoots, by water- 
