on is all before one. Nine times in ten, people
begin preparations for Mushroom growing about a month too late, for the
spawn runs during the hot weather, and the crop rises when the moderate
autumnal temperature sets in.

==Onions== to be sown for salading. Forward beds of large sorts to be
thinned in good time. The best Onions for keeping are those of moderate
size, perfectly ripened; therefore the thinning should not be too
severe.

==Peas== may still be sown, and as the season advances preference should
be given to quick-growing early varieties.

==Turnips== may be sown in variety and in quantity after Midsummer Day.
Sow on well-prepared ground, and put a sprinkle of artificial manure in
the drills with the seed. By hastening the early growth of the plant the
fly is kept in check.

==JULY==

For gardeners July is in one respect like January; everything depends on
the weather. It may be hot, with frequent heavy rains, and vegetation in
the most luxuriant growth; or the earth may be iron and the heavens
brass, with scarcely a green blade to be seen. The light flying showers
that usually occur in July do not render watering unnecessary; in fact,
a heavy soaking of a crop after a moderate rainfall is a valuable aid to
its growth, for it requires a long-continued heavy downpour to penetrate
to the roots.

==Summer-sown Vegetables for Autumn and Winter use.== As the month
advances early crops will be finished and numerous plots of ground
become vacant. In many gardens it is now the practice to sow in July and
August seeds of quick-growing varieties of Vegetables and Salads to
furnish supplies through the autumn and early winter months, and this
system is strongly to be commended. These sowings not only increase the
cropping capacity of the garden but they extend the use of many
favourite Vegetables which from spring sowings customarily cease at the
end of summer. Two things are essential to success. =Early-maturing
varieties only should be sown and the plants must be thinned immediately
they appear (thus avoiding transplanting), so that they receive no check
in growth.= The following subjects are especially suited for the
purpose: Dwarf French Beans (sow early in July), Beet, Cabbage, Carrot,
Cauliflower (sow early in July), Italian Corn Salad, Cress, Endive, Kohl
Rabi, Lettuce, Onion, Parsley, Peas, Radish, Spinach, and Turnip.
Potatoes may also be planted in July, but only tubers of early varieties
saved