rows of early Potatoes between every two rows of Peas.  This insures abundance of light and air to the Peas, and the latter are of great value to protect the Potatoes from May frosts that often kill down the rising shaws.  A warm, dry, fertile soil is needed for first-early Peas.  Those already up and in a bad plight should be dug in and the rows sown again.  It is worthy of note that if Peas are thoroughly pinched and starved by hard weather, they rarely prove a success; therefore, if they go wrong, sacrifice them without hesitation and begin again.  Where early rows 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 good porous soil for the seed-pans.  Sow very thinly in a temperature of 60 deg. or 65 deg., and get the plants into thumb pots while they are quite small.