50 BROCCOLI. 



of the other kinds, may sow seed of the most esteemed varie- 

 ties at the same time, or in two or three separate sowings, a 

 week apart. 



In order to insure good stout plants, let the seed at this 

 season be sown in a moderately shaded border. It is best 

 to sow it in shallow drills, drawn three or four inches apart, 

 in which case, one ounce of seed will occupy a border of 

 about four feet in width by twelve in length, and produce 

 about four thousand strong plants. (See article Cabbage.) 



In the beginning of July, or when the plants are of suffi- 

 cient size, they should be transplanted into extraordinarily rich 

 ground, which should be previously brought into good con- 

 dition. This being done, plant them in rows two feet and a 

 half apart, and two feet distant in the rows. As soon as 

 they have taken root, give the ground a deep hoeing, and 

 repeat this two or three times in the course of their growth, 

 drawing some earth around their stems. 



Some of the Cape Broccoli, if attended to as directed, 

 will come to perfection early in September and in October ; 

 the other kinds will produce their heads in regular succes- 

 sion throughout the winter and spring months, according to 

 their different degrees of earliness, provided an artificial cli- 

 mate be provided for them. These, of course, with what- 

 ever may remain of the Cape Broccoli, will have to be taken 

 up early in October, and laid in carefully, with the roots and 

 stems covered with earth as far as their lower leaves. Those 

 who have not a place provided, may keep a few in frames, 

 or in a light cellar ; but every gardener and country gentle- 

 man should have suitable places erected for a vegetable that 

 yields such a delicious repast, at a time when other luxuries 

 of the garden are comparatively out of our reach. 



stunted, they generally button, instead of forming perfect heads of flowers, 

 and are consequently of no use but for cattle. 



In some of the Southern States, late planting of Broccoli and Cauliflower 

 succeeds better than early, because the winters are calculated to mature 

 these vegetables, from their not being subject to injury from slight frost, in 

 a late stage of their growth. 



