5C4 GARDEN MANAGEMENT. 



1766. Broccoli require also a good soil richly manured : plant them out 

 from the beds in rows where the)' are to grow, two feet apart each way : water 

 as soon as planted, repeating it till the plants have rooted. Mr. Errington 

 finds an advantage in dibbling a large hole to receive the plants, and filling it 

 up with calcined wood or vegetable ashes. This crop may follow peas with 

 advantage, or even between the rows of late sorts. 



1767. Broccoli Seeds ma.j also be sown to stand the winter, and come up 

 for a late spring crop. 



1768. Brussels Sprouts and Winter Greens may also be planted out for 

 autumn use. 



1769. Endive Seeds sown now will come in to supply plants for autumn 

 use ; the green curled being the best for main crops. Water the beds in 

 dry weather, and tie up to blanch plants advancing to maturity. Dig up a 

 piece of good ground, manure well, and rake smooth. In this plant some 

 strong endive-plants a foot apart each way, and water as soon as planted ; 

 rejiieating it in dry weather. 



1770. Small Salading. — Sow cresses, mustard radishes, and other small 

 salads, every seven days, choosing a shady border, and sowing in very shal- 

 low drills, watering daily. 



1771. Lettuces. — Sow cos and cabbage lettuces in a bed of rich mellow 

 ground ; in the first, second, and fourth week, prick out on nursery-beds the 

 plants last sown, and plant out the strongest plants in the open ground. Dig 

 neatly and rake evenly, and put in the plants by line 12 inches apart each 

 way : continue to water till rooted. 



1772. Spinach, for winter use, sown late in July or early in August, should 

 now be planted out. The prickly-seeded, or triangular-leaved, is the hardiest 

 for winter use. 



1773. Turnip-radishes (black and white) should now be sown for -n-inter 

 use ; also some small Italian (white and red) for autumn use. 



1774. Onions may be sown of the Strasburg and Welsh sorts, early this 

 month ; the former to transplant in the spring, the latter for use in salads. 

 The general cx'op will be ready for harvesting. 



1775. Carrots should be sown this month in an opea situation, and on light 

 soil, sowing them as soon as the bed will work after digging. 



1776. Turnijys may still be sown for autumn and winter use, the Early Stone 

 being a good sort ; sowing immediately after digging, and sowing thin. Hoe 

 the crops sown in May and June in dry weather, and thin out till the plnuta 

 are seven or eight inches apart. 



§ 5.— Fruit-Garden. 



1777, The chief work to be done in the fruit-garden and orchard is harvest- 

 ing and preparation for planting, either to replace decaying trees, or for new 

 plantations. In either case let it be understood, that while something of the 

 future success depends on soil, subsoil, and situation, on which subjects wo 



