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are hardy, productive, and delicate in flavour, and a fair proportion 

 should be planted. Brussels Sprouts are too well known to need 

 comment, and must be planted according to the space at disposal and 

 the requirements of the kitchen. 



The cultivation of winter greens of all kinds is comprised in a 

 deep, rich soil, and early planting ; therefore they should be put out 

 as fast as the quarters occupied, with early crops can be cleared for 

 them. Where a portion of the stock of any of the kinds has to be 

 planted between potatoes, the strongest plants should be selected 

 for that purpose, because the small plants stand a chance of being 

 smothered by the haulm of the potatoes. 



Cabbage, although one of the most profitable crops that can be 

 grown in a small garden, is not usually looked upon with much 

 favour. The varieties in commerce are now very numerous, but for 

 general crops Wheeler's Imperial and Enfield Market are decidedly 

 the best. Although they occupy more space than compact-growing 

 kinds, good breadths of either of these sorts put out at once will 

 prevent the possibility of there being any scarcity of green stuff 

 during the autumn. Both should be planted eighteen inches apart, 

 in rows two feet from each other. The most desirable of the small, 

 compact growers, are Athins's Matchless and Mill's Incomparable, 

 and they should be put out twelve inches apart, in rows eighteen 

 inches from each other, which will afford them plenty of room, 

 because they should be cut and sent to table before hard white 

 hearts are formed. 



If the sowing of cabbage seed was neglected at the proper time, 

 and a difficulty exists in obtaining plants of a good sort, a consider- 

 able breadth of the Early London Colewort should be sown at the 

 first opportunity possible, and a second sowing made either in the 

 last week of July or the first week of August. Plant out immediately 

 they are strong enough at a distance of twelve inches apart each 

 way, for they take up very little space when full grown. Coleworts 

 are so useful for planting after potatoes and other crops that come 

 off the ground during July and August, that a moderate qua-ntity 

 should be planted even where a good breadth of cabbage is already 

 put out. 



Cauliflowers. — Strong plants of either the Earhj London or 

 JSTew Erfurt Dwarf Mammoth, put out in good soil, and watered 

 every alternate evening until they are established, will produce fine 

 heads in the autumn, and may be taken up and preserved for a con- 

 siderable period in a frame or other structure where they can be 

 protected from frost and damp. Preserve the roots in taking them 

 up when full grown, and remove a few of the outside leaves ; because 

 it will be necessary in laying them in by their heels to pack them 

 rather close together, and if they are too much crowded the leaves 

 will decay, and if not removed, render the head unfit for use. 



Cabbots. — A small sowing of Early Short Horn will be extremely 

 useful for furnishing a supply of tender carrots for drawing during 

 the autumn. A second sowing made about the middle of August 

 will yield a supply during the following spring, little, if at all inferior, 

 to those grown upon hotbeds under glass, without any of the trouble 



