THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 5 
tive, and of excellent quality, Good crops may be had by planting in 
cold frames after they are cleared of the bedding plants. These will 
bear from the end of June until quite late in the autumn; but, if 
early supplies are required, a hotbed should be made up early in 
March. For those in the frames it will suffice to form a ridge of 
soil down the middle, and to put two plants under each light. A 
compost of two parts loam and one part manure or flaky leaf-mould 
is most suitable for cucumbers. 
Enpive is useful for autumn and winter salads, and the best 
sorts to grow are the Green Curled and Round-leaved Batavian. 
Sow the former early in July, and again in August, and the latter 
the first week in August. It is an excellent plan to make the July 
Sowing of the Green Curled in the quarter where they are to remain, 
for, if sown thinly, and the plants thinned to the proper distance 
apart, there will be no great waste of seed, and all risk of their 
running permanently to seed will be avoided. Moreover, as ne 
check will be received, much finer hearts will be the result. 
Kates.—The Dwarf Scotch and the Cottager’s Kales are two of 
the finest winter vegetables that can be grown, for they are 
thoroughly hardy, and in quality most excellent. Sow early in 
March, and put the plants out about two feet apart in rows with 
a space of three feet between, as soon as they are large enough to 
be moved from the seed-bed. The result will be a grand crop of 
spronts early in the spring. 
Kipnry Beans constitute an exceedingly valuable class of 
summer vegetables. To insure a continuous supply of these, sow in 
the middle of May, Sir Joseph Paxton; the first week in June 
Mohawk, and third week Cutbush’s Giant Dwarf. The third week 
in May sow Scarlet Runners, and a fortnight afterwards sow the 
Champion Scarlet, or the White Seeded Scarlet Runner, which, by the 
way, has white flowers. It is taller than the ordinary scarlet 
runner, and also rather later. It does not appear to suffer so much 
from drought, and the pods are very large, and exceedingly fleshy, 
and are produced freely until the frost stops the growth. The 
dwarf varieties should be six inches from plant to plant, in rows two 
feet or thirty inches apart. 
Mztons may in hot summers be also grown in frames without 
the assistance of a hot-bed or artificial heat of any kiad, but the 
best course is to provide a hot-bed and plant some time in April. 
The two best sorts are Read’s Scarlet Flesh, and Gilbert’s Green Flesh. 
Lerruce.—The best cos variety for spring and summer sowing 
is Hick’s Hardy White, and for autumn and spring,to stand the winter, 
the Brown Bath. The best cabbage sort is Drumhead for spring 
and summer sowing, and the Hammersmith Hardy Green for autumn 
sowing. A sowing about once a month from the first of March to 
the first of July, will suffice for maintaining a good summer and 
autumn supply. About the middle of August sow for standing the 
winter. Lettuce, of course, may be sown in beds and transplanted, 
but the best results are obtained by sowing in spring and summer 
where the crop is to be grown, and then thinning to the proper dis- 
tance apart. In dry summers really first-class hearts cannot be 
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