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Among vegetables were specimens of White Paris Cos and Neapolitan 

 Cabbage Lettuces, two first-rate kinds ; Dancer's Cabbage, one of the 

 very best sorts for market, as well as for home consumption, being very 

 tender though of large size ; and Leyden Cauliflower, with heads large 

 and good from plants raised from seed sown in February last ; excellent 

 Caulidowers may tlierefore be had at this season without the trouble of 

 keeping the plants over winter. The Garden also contributed a collec- 

 tion of Beans, among which Mackie's Monarch (alias Sangster's Won- 

 derful), had very long pods, plentiful on the stalk, each pod nine and 

 ten inches in length, and containing five Beans. Another sort did not 

 rise above a foot from the ground. This was also full of pods, and 

 appeared well adapted for small gardens. It was called Marshall's 

 Dwarf Prolific. Other sorts were the Mazagan common and early ; 

 Green Long Pod, valued for its colour, which it long retains ; Johnson's 

 Wonderful, a good kind of Bean ; and two varieties of Windsor. 



HOW TO HAVE A SUPPLY OP CAULIFLOWERS AND 



BROCCOLI ALL THROUGH THE YEAR. 

 These vegetables being in daily demand throughout the year in 

 most families, a few cursory remarks as to how to supply that demand 

 may not be unacceptable to the less experienced of your readers. The 

 subject being a rather threadbare one, the regular " practical " will 

 not need my observations ; but as there are always youngsters coming 

 in, if I can serve in the smallest degree even only one of these, my 

 labour is more than rewarded. A statement of the method of my own 

 proceeding will be the easiest way of accomplishing my purpose. 



The production of a regular supply of Cauliflowers and Broccoli all 

 the year round is an easy matter, where there is a considerable extent 

 of ground, as is the case here ; but where ground is limited, it requires 

 some forethought and care to efi^ect it. I generally plant out a 

 considerable breadth of ground with the different sorts of Broccoli from 

 the middle of June to about the middle of July, always taking advan- 

 tage of showery weather ; these plants are from seed sown in April. 

 I go on planting Cauliflowers to the end of July, by which time there 

 is ground to spare ; the early crop of Peas and Potatoes will all 

 be cleared off, and if planted with Cauliflowers they will come into use 

 during October, November, and December ; these, with the autumn 

 Broccoli, furnish an unfailing supply until February. About the 

 middle of December I take up all that have heads formed, and hang 

 them in the sheds for a day or two, to let all the water out of them. 

 I then cut off the leaves, and pack them with the heads outwards in a 

 cool, dry, airy situation, where it is not over light ; here they keep 

 well until the middle of February, by which time, if the weather be 

 open, some of the winter Broccoli will be fit for use. From that time 

 until the end of May the various sorts of Broccoli will furnish an abun- 

 dant supply ; by that time the Cauliflowers sown in August and planted 

 in October under glasses will be fit for use, and these will continue the 



