Vegetables

Vegetables. - Artichokes (Jerusalem) may be planted. Asparagus (crowns) may be planted, or seeds may be sown. Broad Beans may be sown. Carrots may be sown out of doors. Cauliflowers for late summer may be sown in cold frames. Cucumbers may be sown. Celery may be sown in boxes.

Hotbeds may be made up. Onions may be sown out of doors. Early plants raised under glass may be pricked off. Parsnips may be sown. Peas may be sown. Potatoes may be planted. Rhubarb and Seakale may be forced. Salads, such as Lettuces, Radishes, and Mustard and Cress, may be sown. Tomatoes may be sown, and early seedlings transplanted. Turnips may be sown. Vegetable Marrows may be sown. Winter Greens (Borecole, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, and Savoys) may be sown.

Fruit

Fruit. - Planting and pruning must be completed. Expanded flowers of early fruits, such as Apricots and Peaches, must be protected. Grapes (early) may be thinned, and Vines started for late crops. Melons may be sown. Peaches must be disbudded, and the fruit thinned.

Flower Garden

Flower Garden. - Annuals (hardy) may be sown out of doors towards the end of the month, and half-hardy in frames. Bedding plants, such as Zonal Geraniums and Lobelias, may be propagated by cuttings. Carnations may be planted. Creepers must be pruned. Ivy may be pruned. Pansies and Violas should be planted. Roses may be planted, and forward shoots shortened, but not hard. Shrubs may be planted, Sweet Peas may be sown.

Greenhouse and Conservatory

Greenhouse and Conservatory. - Begonia Gloire de Lorraine may be dried off, and, when starting afresh, propagated by cuttings. Chrysanthemums must have more room, and abundance of air. Repot as needed, and put in more cuttings. Coleuses may be propagated by cuttings. Ferns may be potted as soon as they start to grow, and divided if required. Gardenias may be propagated by inserting cuttings. Insects must be kept down by fumigating, vaporising, or spraying. Poinsettia cuttings may be put in.