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justify amateurs with small or even middle-sized gardens sowing 

 them. Farsley should be sown during the second or third week 

 for the main crop, l^^or the main gatherings a long row by the 

 side of one of the walks will be the most convenient ; but it is 

 desirable, also, to sow a bed which can be covered with a one or 

 two-light box during the winter, to maintain a supply in severe 

 weather. Parsley requires rather rich soil, and stands the winter 

 best upon a dry subsoil, [t should be thinned three or four inches 

 apart in the rows, to insure the development of strong crowns. 

 Spinach may be sown early in the month, if there is a likelihood of 

 a scarcity of green vegetables during the autumn. Provided the 

 soil is in good heart, a plentiful supply of excellent quality will be 

 obtained. The Bound-seeded is the best for present sowing. Turnips 

 for main crop should also be at once sown, if not already done. The 

 best sort to sow are the Early White Stone and feitch's Bed Globe, 

 as they produce good crops, are of excellent quality, and form a 

 capital succession, the first-mentioned coming into use first. The 

 other has the merit of producing handsome bulbs, which remain fit 

 for use a long time after they attain their full size. In dry seasons 

 like the present there is no little difiiculty in raising a crop of 

 turnips, because of the destructiveness of the "fly." The only 

 means of saving the crop is to dust the bed or drills with soot aa 

 soon as the turnips are visible, and repeat at intervals until the 

 crop is out of danger. A sharp look-out must be kept, because the 

 " fly," when the plants come up slowly, devour them as fast as they 

 come through, and unless the dressings of soot are applied hardly 

 a plant will be seen. The soot should be applied when the leaves 

 are wet with dew, or after the bed has been sprinkled, as it then 

 adheres to the leaves, and is consequently more efiicacious. 



In sowing seeds at this season of the year, especially if the 

 ■weather is dry, it is most excellent practice to draw the drills rather 

 deeper than usual, from half an inch to one inch deeper will suffice, 

 and then fill the driils quite full of water. If the soil is very dry, 

 the drill may be filled twice. When the water has soaked away sow 

 the seed, and then cover in usual way. By this plan seed is enclosed 

 in a body of fine moist soil, and placed under conditions most 

 favourable to its germinating quickly. Sometimes, when seeds are 

 sown in soil in a dry state, the}' do not germinate for a month or 

 six weeks after the proper time, and frequently the crops are of 

 very little value in consequence. Filling the drills with water even 

 when the breadth sown is rather large takes up, comparatively 

 speaking, very little time. A little guano sprinkled along drills 

 previous to sowing turnips will promote a quick growth during the 

 earliest stages, and materially assist a crop at the most critical 

 moment. 



The crops that require planting during the month are BroccoUs, 

 Borecoles, or Kales, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbages, Cauliflowers from 

 the May sowings; Celery and Lettuce from sowings made the previous 

 month. It is now quite time all the main crops of the foregoing 

 vegetables are in their permanent quarters ; and there must be no 

 waiting for showers, or the season will be gone. The soil in the 



