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THE COTTAGE GAKDENER. 
March 31. 
flowers, like those of the Apple. It is named in honour 
of the Hon. W. E. Strangways, an assiduous cultivator 
of hardy flowers in the open air of Dorset. This plant 
will live and flower against a wall covered with glass, 
without heat. 
SuTjjERr.ANDiA FROTESCENS (Shrubby Sutheilaiidia).— 
A charming, (luick-growing sbrub, with pinnate leaves, 
and ricli scarlet flowers. It is a very ancient plant, 
having been introduced from the Cape more than two 
hundred years ago. 
SuTHERLANDiA MTCROPHYLLA (Small-lcaved Suthcr- I 
landia).—This is of more recent introduction, and is , 
e(iually, if not more beautiful than the preceding. Roth | 
will bear a moderate degree of frost without injury, j 
but it is safer to plant them against a wall, and protect j 
I them with mats through severe frost. j 
! T. Appleby. ! 
' {To he continued.') | 
ECONOMICAL ARRANGEMENT OF KITCHEN ' 
GARDEN CROPS. 
As the frosts wo had towards the end of February, and 
subsequently, have, in most cases, destroyed the early 
crops of Peas (we mean those sown in November), which | 
])romiscd to bo early, and which the unusual mild ; 
weather of the visual winter months drew up to an \ 
improper length, the successional crops, which are ; 
those sown a little before Christmas, will now be the ' 
most forward, unless some portion of the other was 
protected by something more than mere boughs. It is, j 
therefore, important to allow the most forward all the I 
advantages that can be given them, in order to hasten 
their bearing. Sticks of a suitable kind must be ap¬ 
plied ; and any small crop, as Spinach, &c., that may be 
occupying a temporary place between the rows, must be 
removed before it does any harm by running to seed, 
, &c.; in fact, it would be better to dispense with such 
crops at this important period, for the welfare of the 
Peas ought not to be sacriliced for trifles. Supposing 
there not to have been any such crop, the ground should 
be frequently stirred between the rows, in order for it to 
benefit by the action of the atmosphere; and the grow¬ 
ing crop to be treated with those subtle, yet highly 
beneficial, gases, which newly turned-up ground gives off 
in sucli abundance. These, and other encouraging opera j 
tions, will hasten on the crop, so that though it cannot 
be expected that those sown in December will be fit to ' 
gather on the same day of the month as those of former 
years sown in November, yet, if the season prove at all i 
propitious, they will not be many days behind; and, I 
most likely, will fully equal their more early-sown com- | 
peers in the abundance of the crop—other things con- . 
sidered ; but, as Peas for after-use must also be sown, ■ 
it is proper here to take a view of the many kinds wo * 
I have to choose from. ! 
It is almost a pity that the attempts to reduce our ! 
seed-lists within moderate bounds has not met that * 
response from buyers which it ought to do. The thirst [ 
for novelty seems so dce])ly implanted in our nature, i 
and we arc so easily made the victims of our credulity, s 
that no sooner does an unscrupulous dealer announce 
an article, say an “ Early Pea,” which comes in a full 
week before tlio most forward -one known, tliat wo i 
never stop to enquire whether this “Nonsuch” be a 
1 really distinct article, and proving so by its growth, 
j or bearing, or some other point; or whether the distinc- 
! tion consists of some clever jhece of legerdemain, 
whereby a bag of Chadtons can be converted into half- 
a-dozen first-rate early sorts, each a week or ten days 
earlier than any other known. This latter system of 
multiplying kinds is attributable to that itching desire i 
for novelty, which, as we have just said, is a common 
feature in the horticultural world; neither do we sec 
any just reason for checking it than a caution as to 
whom they dcal».with ; as a respectable tradesman is 
unwilling to risk his reputation by sending out an 
article under his own sanction, without having some 
knowledge of its qualification as likely to servo the pur- 
jiose intended. Peas are, however, some exception to 
this rule, because the common kinds (which, it is feared, 
forms the “ stock” of many new-fashioned-named ones,) 
are generally good, the Eadij Frame, Kent, and Charl¬ 
ton being all good Peas, and each capable of producing 
good, useful crops under ordinary circumstances; so that, 
in reality, the loss is not so great in this way as in many 
other instances where an old variety is puffed forward 
under a new name. 
Leaving, therefore, such things to purify themselves, 
it behoves the amateur, and those of small means, to 
plant a good useful variety of Pea for his second or 
principal crop, in place of an uncertain or novel one— 
and as our seedsmens’ lists present a sufficient array of 
names, classed in accordance with their height and 
other peculiarities, there will be no difficulty in the 
amateur finding out which of them is likely to suit his 
purpose best; but, if he should find any difficulty, or 
wish for advice, we may say that the British Queen, 
and Champion of England are both good Peas—the 
former the tallest; and as they bear well, and are 
generally esteemed at table, their qualifications are all 
that are wanted. Supposing, therefore, that these kinds 
were determined on, and that ground for the purpose of 
growing them on was scarce, and ought to be made the 
most of—we would look round and arrange the general 
cropf)ing, so as to have Peas planted in some ])lace 
where an after-crop could also be introduced while they 
were still growing, which after-crop would, at the time 
the Peas were removed, require all the power for its own 
use. Now, this kind of “remove ” system is applicable 
to many things, as well as that which we are now 
especially speaking of; but, as our remarks bear more 
particularly to that, we may say, that if, after looking 
over the ground at disposal, and considering where the 
princqial crop of Celery, Winter Brocoli, and Oreens are 
to be jilanted, arrangements might be made with some 
of these, whereby Peas may be grown on the same spot 
as well. If Celery trenches were dug out, and a little 
more than the usual width allowed for ridge. Peas might 
be sown on these; or, it might be. Potatoes planted; 
and at the proper time, the Celery, as the legitimate 
crop,might be planted also; which, though it would not 
progress p>erhaps so well as if without the Peas, yet 
it would have a sufficient season left after the other was 
removed; and consequently would, in most cases, re¬ 
cover its proper position ere winter came on. The 
various members of the winter and late siiring Rrocoli, 
&c., olfer still better chances for Peas being planted 
between them ; and in fact, where ground is scarce, and 
everything has to be made of it, it Iiecomes a matter of 
importance to take as many crops of it as possible; 
only, it must bo borne in mind, that when the Peas or 
other temporary crop bo planted, the ground should be 
measured, so as to be available for the after-crop, without 
eventually showing that recourse had been had to such 
an economical mode of cultivation; for that purpose, there¬ 
fore, rows of Peas should be six or eight feet apart, in 
order to allow three or four rows of Brocoli, and at two 
feet distance—and though it is not common to allow 
Celery so much room between rows, yet, where ad- 
visablCf a row of Peas should occuiiy only every other 
ridge ; or, it may be, that a wide cross ridge or trench 
may be adopted, and then there is abundant room for 
both Peas and Celery. Should, however, none of these 
modes be approved of. Peas may be sown in rows on 
the open ground, about the same number of feet apart 
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