_Kitchen Garden._--Sow main crops of wrinkled marrow peas; Longpod and
Windsor beans; cabbage, onions, leeks, Early Horn carrots, parsnips,
salsafy, scorzonera, Brussels sprouts, borecoles, lettuces and
spinach. In the beginning and also at the end of the month sow Early
Strap-leaf and Early Snowball turnips and savoys. In the last
fortnight sow asparagus, cauliflower and the various sweet and savoury
herbs; also sea-kale, radishes, celery, celeriac and parsley. Small
salads should be sown every ten days. Make up beds for mushrooms with
well-prepared dung towards the end of the month. Plant early potatoes
in the first week, and a main crop during the last fortnight.
Sea-kale, asparagus and peas raised in frames may now be planted; also
garlic and shallots. Full crops of cabbages should be planted out;
also cauliflowers under hand-glasses. Propagate by slips, or by
earthing up the old stems, the various pot-herbs.
_Fruit Garden._--Finish the pruning of fruit trees before the middle
of the month. Protect those coming into blossom. Begin grafting in the
third week; dig and dress between the rows of gooseberries, currants
and other fruit trees, if not already done. Kill wasps assiduously as
soon as they appear.
_Forcing._--Continue the forcing of melons, cucumbers, tomatoes and
the various fruits. In the vinery and peach-house, attend to the
keeping down of insects by syringing; and promote the growth of the
young shoots, by damping the walls and paths morning and evening. Sow
capsicum and tomato; also in slight heat such tender herbs as basil
and marjoram.
_Plant Houses._--More water may be given than formerly. Sow seeds of
greenhouse and hothouse plants; also the different sorts of tender
annuals; pot off those sown last month; sow cineraria for the earliest
bloom; also Chinese primulas. Shift heaths and other hard-wooded
subjects and stove-plants; plant tuberoses in pots for forcing. Begin
to propagate greenhouse plants by cuttings; also coleuses by cuttings
in heat, potting them off as soon as rooted.
_Flower Garden and Shrubbery._--In the last week, sow hardy annuals in
the borders, with biennials that flower the first season, as also
perennials. Plant anemone and ranunculus roots and the corms of
gladiolus. Transplant from the nursery to their final sites annuals
sown in autumn, with biennials and herbaceous plants. Propagate
perennials from root-slips and offsets. Continue to propagate the
finer sorts of dahlias, both by cuttings and by division of the roots.
Finish the pruning of all deciduous trees and hedges as soon as
possible. Attend to the dressing of shrubberies; lay turf-edgings, and
regulate the surface of gravel walks.