==Lettuce==.—­Plant out and sow again in quantity.  All the kinds may be sown now, but make sure of enough of the Cos and smaller Cabbage varieties.  In hot, dry soils, where Lettuces usually run to seed early, try some of the red-leaved kinds, for though less delicate than the green and white, they will be useful in the event of a scorching summer.  Lettuces require a deep free soil with plenty of manure.

==Melon==.—­Raise a few seeds singly in pots, in readiness for putting under frames on hot-beds next month.  Re-pot the plants, and repeat the process if the beds are not ready, for Melons must not be starved, especially in the early stage of growth.  Some growers make up the beds in March, and sow upon them when the heat becomes steady, but the practice is somewhat precarious.  In a cold, late spring the heat may not last a sufficient time to carry the plants safely into warm weather.  Hence it is more reliable to raise them now in a warm house, and make the bed at the beginning of April.

==Onion==.—­The plants already raised in boxes to be removed to cold frames.  If necessary, they should be pricked off into other boxes in order to avoid overcrowding.  Keep the frames close at first, but give air with increasing freedom as the time approaches for transfer to the open ground.  Sow the main crop in drills nine inches apart, and tread or beat the ground firm.  This crop requires a rich soil in a thoroughly clean and mellow condition, and it makes a capital finish to the seed-bed to give it a good coat of charred rubbish or smother ash before sowing the seed.

==Parsnip==.—­Sow main crop in shallow drills eighteen inches apart in good soil deeply dug.  The seed should be lightly covered, and new seed is indispensable.

==Pea==.—­Sow the finest sorts of the Marrowfat class.  Take care to put them on the best seed-bed that can be made, and allow sufficient room between the taller sorts for a few rows of Cabbage, Broccoli, or Potatoes.  A crowded quarter of Peas is never satisfactory; the rows smother each other, and the shaded parts of the haulm produce next to nothing.

==Potato==.—­A small quantity for early use should be planted at the opening of the month when the ground is dry and the weather soft.  If planted when frost or cold winds prevail, sets may become somewhat shrivelled before they are covered, and every care should be taken to prevent such a check to the initial vigour of the plant.  The first-early sorts will necessarily have the chief attention now, and warm sheltered spots should be selected for them.  Any fairly good soil will produce a passable crop of Potatoes; but to secure a first-class sample of any early sort, the ground should be made up with the aid of turfy soil and charrings of hedge clippings and other light, warm, nourishing material.  Strong manures are not to be desired, but a mellow, kindly, fertile soil is really necessary, and it will always pay well to take extra pains in its preparation, because