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THE GARDENER’S KALENDAR.
At the beginning of this month some cauliflower feedshould be sown on a flight hot-bed, that plants may notbe wanting to succeed the early crop. The bed for thispurpose should be about twenty inches thick of dung ;and the earth over it five or six inches thick. On the sur-face of this earth let the feed be sown, and covered withlight earth about a quarter of an inch thick. After whichlet the frame be put upon the bed.
As soon as the plants appear, they must have fresh airgiven them every day, by raising the glasses a consider-able height. In mild weather the lights should be takenentirely away, during the day-time; otherwise theywould be drawn up very weak.
if moderate showers of rain do not fall, the plantsmust be frequently sprinkled with water.
Kidney.Beans.
A hot-bed may be made in the beginning of thismonth for early kidney-beans.
In order to this some fresh horse dung should beprepared as for other hot-beds; these should be madeabout two feet and a half high, and long enough for oneor more frames. Put on the frames, after mkaing thesurface of the bed smooth; and when the heat is mo-derate, cover the bed with rich light earth seven or eightinches thick. Then draw drills an inch deep, and afoot asunder, from the back to the front of the frame.Drop the beans, about three inches asunder, into thedrills, and cover them an inch deep with earth.
The yellow, or liver-coloured, kidney-bean is thefittest for this purpose; though the speckled, or dwarfkind will answer very well; for both these will conti-nue bearing longer than the other sorts. As soon asthe plants begin to appear, the lights must be raisedevery day, that the plants may enjoy the benefit of thefresh air, which will strengthen them greatly. Mode-rate sprinklings of water at proper times will also be ne-cessary when the plants are up.
Cabbages and Savoys,
Sugar-loaf and other early cabbage-plants should beremoved this month into the spot where they are to re-main. Some rotten dung should have been dug into theground where these plants are to be set. Let the plantsbe set in rows two feet and a half asunder, and the samedistance between the rows.
A little cabbage feed should be sown about the latterend of the month for autumn use. These will succeedthe early plants, for they will be fit to cut in August andSeptember. v
About the latter end of the month, Savoy-feed maybe sown for the first time. Those plants which are sownnow will be fit for the table in September ; by Octoberthey will be finely cabbaged, and continue good till theend of November.
You may likewise plant this month, if not done be-fore, both cabbages and savoys for feed.
Carrots , Parsneps, and Beets.
About the latter end of this month, a sufficient spotof ground should be prepared for carrots, parsneps, andbids. 1
The farther from trees, and the lighter the ground inwhich the roots are planted, the larger they will grow;for they thrive best in a light foil and open exposure.The ground should be dug one full spade deep at least,and the clods carefully broken.
The feed should be sown in a dry, clear day, with aneven hand, not too thick, and the ground equally rakedafterwards. Each species of feed should be sown on dif-ferent pieces.
Those carrots, parsneps, and beets, that are intendedfor feed, should be planted in rows two feet asunder.
Beans.
At the beginning of this month let an open spot be'dug for a crop of beans. The Windsor, Sandwich, andother large beans, are the most proper to plant at thisseason ; but they should be planted in rows six inchesasunder, and the rows a full yard apart.
The Mazagan bean also may now be planted either inthe garden, or the field; it is "a good bearer, and will#in some soils, answer very well.
Peas.
About the beginning of this month a principal crop ofpeas should be sown in an open piece of ground. If youpropose to sow the marrowfats and other large peas, youshould draw drills for them, three feet and a half asunder;but if you intend to place sticks for the support of theselarge kinds of peas, they should be sown in drills four feetasunder.
The hotspur, and other small kinds of peas, should besown in drills a yard asunder; if you intend to flick them,let the drills be forty inches asunder.
AU the crops, whether beans or peas, that are up antiadvanced any considerable height, should now have earthdrawn up their stems, which will at once strengthen theplants, and protect them from the frost. It should how-ever be done in a mild day.
Lettuces.
If the weather be mild about the beginning of thismonth, you may sow several sorts of lettuce-feedson warm borders. The Cofs and Silesia are the bestkinds for sowing at this season: you may also sow someof the cabbage .and imperial lettuces. Let the feedsbe sown pretty thick, and raked in as soon as they are(own,
But if the weather should be cold at the beginning ofthe month, the seed of both the Cofs and Silesia shouldbe sown in frames, and covered occasionally to protectit from the severity of the weather. By this meansyou may procure strong plants in unfavourable seasons,,and they may easily be transplanted when of a propersize.
Those plants which have stood the winter in warmborders or frames, should be thinned out, where theystand too close, about the latter end of the month. Butyou must observe to thin them regularly, leaving thema foot distant each way ; for they will require so muckroom to grow to their full size: the plants which aretaken up should be set in an open spot of rich ground,a foot distant every way.