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CULTURE OF EARLY CAULIFLOWERS. After the 

 ist and before September 20, seeds of early kinds 

 like "Express," "Dwarf Early Erfurt," "Early 

 Snowball " or " Early Paris " should be sown on an 

 old hot-bed, or even on open ground that has been 

 deeply dug and levelled, and afterwards covered with 

 a good layer of rich gritty mould. Seeds may also 



F*G. 30. SECOND EARLY PARIS (OR GROS SALOMON) CAULIFLOWER. 



be sown at the same period, if the weather is un- 

 favourable, under cloches or lights. In all cases the 

 seeds should be lightly covered with gritty soil, and 

 the seed-bed should be gently beaten down with the 

 back of the spade or a piece of flat board, afterwards 

 giving it a gentle watering through a fine-rosed can ; 

 and the seed-bed must be kept in a moist condition 

 afterwards otherwise the germinating seeds may 

 suffer considerably. 



