All soil to receive seeds and plants should now be finely broken, and otherwise ready for seeds. Sow in drills lightly drawn, and cover with fine light soil should the natural soil be heavy and tenacious. Treading in the seed should only be done when soil is dry, and not likely to become battered after the operation.

Successions should be kept up by frequent sowings. This applies to Peas, Beans, Cauliflowers, Cabbage (if always wanted young), Spinach, Turnips, Onions for Salads, Radishes, Carrots for drawing, young French Beans every fortnight (on warm borders, first and last sowings). Scarlet Runners may be sown as edgings to be kept dwarf, or in rows wide apart to be staked. These Beans do well to shut out manure - heaps or other unsightly objects which cannot be dispensed with. Examine early sowings of any seeds, and if they are not vegetating, sow again. Any kind may be sown this month with every expectation of success. Prepare for and sow Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Savoys, Kales of sorts, and any others of the Brassica tribe. Bed - lead among the seed may keep off birds and slugs. Transplant all young plants before they become too thick. Lettuce are especially easily injured by being too long in the seed-rows. (We say rows, as we take it for granted that broadcast sowing has long ceased as a practice.) Asparagus seed may be sown, and young plants may be placed carefully in the ground where they are to remain for use. The surface should be finely broken over, and a dusting of salt given, succeeded by a dusting of guano in showery weather.

Plant out thongs of Seakale about 3 or 4 inches long; rich deep soil is desirable for this vegetable. If a quantity is behind a wall, hedge, or other shady position for late supplies, cover with sand, old tan, or any other light soil to blanch it. Close-fitting boxes (air-tight) or pots will answer the purpose. Plant Rhubarb in rich ground. Sow a pinch of Beet early in the month for first supply - but main crops are early enough last week of month to first week in May. Deep, finely broken soil, free from rank manure, suits Beet. Tie up Lettuce to blanch. Small Salads may be sown under hand-lights. Celery may be sown under hand-lights and plant-protectors, or in open borders. Protection from frost should be used. Bring up all arrears advised last month. As a reminder, look carefully over a catalogue of reliable character, and note what should be planted and sown. Calculate the extent of land at command, and the quantities required, and regulate the crops accordingly. A glut at one time and scarcity at another defeat the object of utilising a private garden. French Beans now forcing are easily managed. They require abundance of moisture from the syringe, and manure-water plentifully when pots or beds are well filled with roots.

Sow Gherkins, Vegetable Marrows, Ridge Cucumbers, more Tomatoes if wanted by middle of month. Hoe and prong wherever it is required to advance crops. Dust sawdust and lime wherever slugs appear. Order and absence of weeds should be everywhere. M. T.