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supply until those planted out in February and March are fit for use ; 

 and these again will continue the supply until those planted later still 

 are ready, and so on until we come to October, when those planted 

 early in July will again be ready. By always planting out plenty of 

 plants, and always at the proper time, I never fail to be without this 

 much esteemed vegetable. 



The whole of the tribe require good, well-manured land, dug 

 deeply. In dry weather they require copious supplies of water, and 

 will be much benefited by liberal doses of liquid manure. 



One of the market gardeners at a provincial town exhibited, in 

 May, 1855, in the market-place, one Saturday, a waggon-load of 

 Mammoth Broccoli, with heads averaging 14 lbs. each ; he had supplied 

 the plants liberally with the sewage manure of the town. For private 

 families such monstrous heads would be nearly useless ; but it shows 

 what can be done. Young Cauliflower plants stand the winter exposed 

 much better than some persons imagine. I generally plant out a good 

 lot in October, the same time I plant under glasses, and I find them 

 in general stand the frost pretty well ; some do suffer, but many escape 

 uninjured, and come into use nearly as soon as those under glasses ; 

 and as there is no trouble with them, and as there is generally plenty 

 of spare ground at that time of year, even if they are all killed in an 

 extraordinary cold winter, the loss is but trifiing ; whilst, if they 

 escape, which some of them generally do most winters, they come into 

 use at a season when most required. 



Brassica. 



HIGH GROVE, READING, 



THE SEAT OF J. J. BLANDY, ESQ. 



This neat-looking mansion is situated near the Basingstoke road, from 

 which it is partly screened by evergreen trees and shrubs. The house 

 stands on rising ground ; at the north-east front lay the lawn and 

 flower-garden — a square piece of ground, broken into an irregular 

 outline by numerous trees and shrubs. On the lawn are planted 

 numerous Conifers, several of which are fine specimens. Near the 

 mansion is a Dutch flower garden, the beds in which are filled with 

 choice Verbenas, Geraniums, Calceolarias, &c. ; the colours of the 

 different plants are tastefully arranged, and have a gay and striking 

 effect from the high ground near the mansion. At the west end of the 

 house is a quantity of beds, filled with American plants. Of Rho- 

 dodendrons there is a choice collection ; we noticed fine plants of 

 ignescens, a very bright scarlet variety, Everestianum, Towardianum, 

 Leopoldi, Lady E. Cathcart, &c. Of R. Blandyanum there are some 

 fine plants ; this beautiful variety was raised at High Grove, and is 

 well known, ranking, as it does, amongst the best of this splendid genus. 

 The whole of these plants are kept thoroughly well watered during 

 their growing season, but when the growth approaches maturity water 

 is withheld, and the beds (weather permitting) are allowed to become 



