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CALENDARIAL MEMORANDA FOR MARCH. 
ground, und spaces thirty inches from each other. The plants under 
handglasses must still have the advantage of them at night, only 
raised on brick-bats; and when warm rain falls they should be wholly 
exposed during the day. Seedlings sown last month, if fit to handle, 
should now be pricked out on a slight hot-bed ; by this means of 
getting them forward they may give heads in August. If no spring 
plants have been raised, sow immediately either on a little heat or 
warm border. 
Leeks .—If a seed-bed has not already been sown, let this be done 
forthwith. 
Savoys .—Sow a seed-bed about the end of the month to come in 
early in autumn. 
Cabbage .—Sow seed-beds of all the different sorts to supply plants 
to be set out as soon as fit. Transplant more from the autumn sown 
beds, loosen the soil, and draw earth to the stems of the earliest crops. 
Potatoes .—Towards the end of the month plant another piece of 
early dwarf, or ash-leaved kidneys on a light dry border. 
Broccoli . — In the last week of the month sow small quantities of 
the early white, the dwarf sulphur-coloured, and the tall purple sorts 
for summer transplantings. 
Turnip .—A first crop maybe sown about the twentieth; if sown 
earlier they run to seed before they are sufficiently bulbed. 
Celery for a full crop may be sown in the fourth week, on an open 
warm spot; and if any seed was sown on a hot-bed last month, the 
plants should be pricked out on another in this. Celeriac may also be 
sown at the same time. 
Pcirsnep .—Sow a full crop early in the month, either in drills or 
broad-cast: and about the same time a full crop of carrot in the same 
manner. Both require deep light soil. Open situations also suit them 
best. 
Onions. — This is the proper season for sowing the main crops. 
Onions like fresh ground—may be sown in drills or otherwise, but 
the seed should be well trodden in. Those sown in autumn may now 
be transplanted on a rich open spot of ground. 
Continue to sow all sorts of salad plants, as radish of sorts, lettuce 
of ditto, nasturtiums, small salading, &c.; also pot-herbs. Sow basil, 
love-apples, and capsicums in pots or pans in a hotbed. Sow also 
another piece of spinach, and small beds of coriander and chervil, if 
required ; also dill, fennel, borage, sorrel, &c., to be transplanted about 
the end of May. 
Asparagus beds will require the spring dressing, by slightly forking 
over the beds, raking them smooth, and marking off the alleys by line, 
to receive rows of cauliflower, lettuce, or other crop. Asparagus seed 
