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of June. The proper way to get these in perfection from June to 

 September, is to have rich fertile land, deeply dug, and to be sown in 

 drills eighteen inches apart, and the plants to be thinned out at twelve 

 inches from plant to plant. Turnips cultivated in this way may be 

 grown in the height of summer in ordinary seasons, fit for use in 

 eight weeks from the time of sowing. All that they require is plenty 

 of room for the development of their leaves, and the soil deeply hoed 

 between the rows every week, while there is room to get between 

 them without bruising the leaves. The common cause of failure is 

 not so much the fault of the season or the soil, as bad management, 

 for too many allow more than double the quantity of roots upon the 

 soil than it can support. The consequence is they soon get into a 

 starved condition, and then follows an attack of mildew, and the 

 bulbs soon get hard and uneatable, through a lack of nourishment to 

 enable them to mature their growth in that healthy active state which 

 they require to be presentable. 



The routine for a winter supply of these useful vegetables is 

 almost a separate matter, because the heavy dews and autumn rains, 

 with diminished sunshine, render the season much more favourable 

 for a quick growth, consequently we have altogether a better crop, and 

 with less trouble ; but then, as this is a vegetable equally esteemed 

 by some in summer as in winter, we must adopt the means suggested 

 above to secure them in the best condition consistent with the time 

 they are in use. The distance between the rows for winter supply 

 may be reduced to fourteen inches, and tlie plants nine inches apart 

 in the rows, always beariug in mind that they require early thinning, 

 and the hoe plied frequently between them, not only to keep down 

 weeds, but to admit moisture aud the action of the sun and air upon 

 the soil. The first week in August is the best time to sow for winter. 

 There are many varieties now in use, but the best for all purposes is 

 the Early Stone ; secure that sort true if you can, and if you give it 

 liberal culture it will prove as good or better than many more now 

 recommended with high-soundins: names. 



MIGN^ONETTE THE WHOLE TEAE EOUJSTD. 



[HE Mignonette {Reseda odorata) is a native of Egypt ; it 

 is, under ordinary treatment, an annual plant, growing 

 from six inches to a foot in height, and is hardy enough 

 to stand this climate during the summer months ; but 

 it will not survive our ordinary winters, unless in some 

 very sheltered situations. In order, therefore, to obtain a regular 

 succession, recourse must be had to pot or box culture, which will 

 form the subject of the following remarks : — 



The beginning of February is early enough to make the first 

 sowing for a spring supply. The soil which should be used should 

 consist of one-half loam, one-fourth part rotten hotbed manure, and 

 one-fourth part leaf-mould, well mixed together, and used in as rough 

 a state as possible ; the worms (if any should be in the soil) ought 

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