ws are doing well put sticks
to them at once, as the sticks afford considerable protection, and the
effect may be augmented by strewing on the windward side small hedge
clippings and other light dry stuff.

==Radishes,== to be mild, tender, and handsome, must be grown rapidly. If
checked, they become hot, tough, and worthless. Much may be done to
forward a crop by means of dry litter and mats to protect the plants
from frost, removing the protection in favourable weather to give the
crop the fullest possible benefit of air and sunshine. Old worn-out
frames that will scarcely hold together will pay their first cost over
again, with the aid of a little skill, in growing Radishes.

==Rhubarb== should be taken up and divided, and planted again in rich
moist soil, every separate piece to have only one good eye. Do not
gather this season from the new plantation, but always have a piece one
year old to supply the kitchen. This method will insure sticks to be
proud of, not only for size, but for colour and flavour.

==Savoys== are valued by some when small, and by others they are prized
for size as much as for their excellent flavour when well frosted. Large
Savoys must have a long season of growth; therefore sow as soon as
possible, either in a frame, or on a rich, mellow seedbed, and be ready
to prick them out before they become crowded.

==Sea Kale.==--The plantations reserved for latest supplies should not be
covered until they begin to push naturally, and then the coverings must
be put on to blanch the growth effectually. Open-ground Sea Kale may be
uncovered as soon as cut, but a little litter should be left to give
protection and help the young shoots to rise, because after blanching
the cutting is a severe tax on the plant, and it has to begin life
afresh and prepare for the work of the next season.

==Shallot.==--When well grown the clumps are bigger than a man's fist, and
each separate bulb thicker than a walnut. To grow them well they must
have time; so plant early, on rich ground, in rows one foot apart and
the bulbs about nine inches asunder. Press them into the earth deep
enough to hold them firmly, but they are not to be quite buried.

==Spinach.==--Sow the Round-seeded plentifully; if overdone the extra crop
can be dug in as manure, and in that way will pay.

==Tomato.==--In many gardens the first sowing is made this month, and when
treated fairly, the plants come into bearing in about four months. Use
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