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(Romaine) Lettuce may be planted between each 

 Cauliflower, and Cos Lettuces may also be planted 

 between the rows. The margins of the beds or borders 

 may then be planted with Cabbage Lettuces as shown 

 in the annexed diagram, in which a * represents 

 Cauliflowers, an o Cos Lettuces, and an x Cabbage 

 Lettuces. 



SUCCESSION CROPS. Seeds of the second-season 

 varieties may be sown in February and March under 

 similar conditions, or seedlings from the September 

 sowing may be held over somewhat later than those 

 that are to produce the second crop. The plants will 

 be ready for planting in their final quarters in March 

 or in April, when there is no longer need for artificial 

 heat. Old beds may be used for these crops, or the 

 young Cauliflowers (which should have been gradually 

 hardened off in the frames) may be planted out on 

 the warm, sheltered borders on which Cos and Cabbage 

 Lettuces may have been already planted some time 

 previously. These Cauliflowers will be ready at the 

 end of May and during June and July. 



If another sowing is made about the end of April or 

 early in May of the same varieties " Lenormand " and 

 "Second Early Paris" (Gros Salomon) the young 

 plants will be ready for the open ground early in June. 

 The soil in which they are placed, about 2 ft. apart every 



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