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subsoil is kind and open. About the end of August they will show 

 symptoms of ripening. This should be encouraged as much as pos- 

 sible by bending down the tops of any that are still green and vigo- 

 rous. ' This process, which is called "laying over," is of great 

 benefit to the crop, as the growth of the stem is thereby considerably 

 checked, and the whole nourishment thrown into the bulb. They 

 are consequently in a great degree compelled to ripen. 



In growing onions for pickling, do not apply manure, but choose 

 rather poor ground, and sow the seed very thick. Do not thin them 

 at all, and they will ripen early, and be all of small size. The best 

 sorts for this purpose are the Covent Garden pickling and the Early 

 I^ocera. 



As soon as the majority of the bulbs have yellow leaves, which 

 ought to be about the first or second week in September, pull them 

 up, and let them remain upon the bed for a couple of days, 

 after which cut away the leaves, and remove any dirt that may be 

 about the base of the bulb, and then take them into an airy store- 

 room when they are quite dry. Here they must be frequently 

 -examined, and those that are decaying must be removed. 



BEOCCOLIS IN SUCCESSION. 



BT A MAEKET GAEDENEE. 



^T the request of the Editor I have written out a few parti- 

 culars of the cultivation of broccoli, the result of half a 

 century's practice. Everybody knows that broccoli 

 lequires a rich moist soil and careful cultivation. All 

 the sowings of seed should be made in March, April, 

 and May. They ought never to go into heat, but a private grower 

 should not mind bringing on his early sowings in pans and boxes, 

 and pricking them out on nice borders, on the surface of which there 

 is spread an inch or two of powdery dung, for plants nursed on in 

 this wav make fine heads, nnd pay for all the trouble. Of course I 

 speak now more particularly of the sorts sown for supply in autumn, 

 as thev are a less time on the ground than any others, and a little 

 gain in the early stages of growing is a great profit in the end. As 

 for the later kinds, good culture is all they want, and that they must 

 have. Grood culture consists in sowing on warm sheltered borders, 

 ])r!ckiiii,' out as soon as large enough to handle, and finally planting 

 with care, so that the plants are not bruised or broken in the opera- 

 tion. 



The sowings in March ought to include Knight's Protecting, 

 Dilcock'.^ Bride, Lake's White, Early "White, Old Sulphur, and 

 KnigV.t's Sell- protecting. The sowings in April should include Early 

 Penzance, Grange's Early, Snow's Winter, Early Purple, and 

 Covent G-arden White. The sowings in May should include another 

 pinch of Early White. Dwarf Danish, and Grange's, also White 



