May.

Kitchen Garden.—All permanent crops, such as sea-kale, asparagus, rhubarb, &c., should be attended to, and get a good dressing of well rotted manure. Sow broad beans, peas, onions, spinach, lettuce, cress and mustard. Plant out early sorts of cabbage and cauliflower. Celery may also still be planted out with a good chance of success. If fruit trees are grown in the kitchen garden, pruning may be proceeded with; after which dig all vacant ground, applying manure where wanted.

Flower Garden.—All decayed flower stems should be cut down. Take up and store dahlia roots in dry sand. Sow hardy annuals; thin and transplant those sown early, if fit to handle. Divide perennial flower roots. Prune early roses. Plant evergreens. Prepare and plant rose cuttings, geraniums, fuchsias, &c., &c. Attend to the clipping of hedges, and prepare ground for fresh plantations where required.

Farm.—Attend to last month's instructions, as to the sowing of grasses, lucerne, &c. The sowing of cereals must now occupy attention, if the weather be suitable and the soil in a state of preparedness to receive the seed; but avoid sowing in wet weather; it is better in all cases to wait until the soil is fit for harrowing without clogging.