In the Garden " Sow anything " might be a
good rule for June. " Plant everything, transplant everything, hoe everything" another. Transplanted onions will grow large ; but small onions have the virtues ; they can be cooked whole, used more economically, will sprout less in storage and keep better altogether. To anyone growing leeks for the first time the method of planting may seem odd. Make a hole, ten or twelve inches deep, with a crow-bar, drop in the leek and leave it, uncovered by soil. With rain the leek will root and the hole gradually fill up. In dry weather a little water may be given at planting time and at intervals afterwards. Again, leeks transplanted from boxes will grow large. I see that a well-known canning expert has been saying that celery is available for " only a few weeks of the year ": a slight misstatement. A hundred and fifty heads of celery keep my family comfortably supplied from October to March, a season that could be easily extended by earlier sowing and the use of a pink variety another month or more. Sow wallflowers (trying something else out of twenty available colours other than Blood Red or Cloth of Gold), and indeed all biennials now; and remember that indoor primulae and cinerarias are easy now from seed. Keep the cinerarias always out of bot
sun and give them a cool room in winter. H. E. -BATES.
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