How to manage a Garden 



which will keep up a supply from the time cauliflowers 

 are done with until the following May. Seed beds should 

 be protected by stretching netting over them. Plant out 

 in fine weather in richly manured ground. During frost 

 the leaves may be bent over the flowers to preserve the 

 heads. 



Sprouting 1 Broccoli. These form a very useful dish 

 during spring. There may be the purple or the white 

 sprouting Broccoli. Small heads are grown in profusion 

 on the stem of the plant, and may be plucked off to make 

 a very acceptable dish. Sowing may take place in April, 

 and the growth throughout may be worked in accord with 

 that of the Broccoli. 



Brussels Sprouts. If an early sowing of these is 

 required it should be made in boxes in February, the 

 boxes standing in a warm frame ; or a sowing may be 

 made outside in mid-April. When large enough to 

 handle prick out the seedlings to a distance of three or 

 four inches apart. In June plant out at a distance of 

 two feet apart, or if space can be spared let the rows be 

 two-and-a-half feet asunder. Brussels Sprouts seem to 

 relish a firm soil, which tends also to give firmness to 

 the sprouts. 



Cabbages. For spring use, sow seeds in July and plant 

 out in September or October. They may be planted at a 

 distance of fifteen to eighteen inches apart, as there is little 

 fear of their becoming overcrowded. In the spring keep 

 the ground open by hoeing to encourage them to come 

 away quickly. An early sowing of cabbages may be got 

 along in greenhouse or frame in January or February. 

 Cabbages of all kinds relish a deep rooting soil rich in 

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