BROCCOLI. 



BROOMS. 



the Purple Sprouting early in March and 

 White Sprouting early in April ; and those 

 intended to furnish the spring supply or 

 main crop at the latter end of April or 

 early in May. All the varieties should 

 be sown in beds of well-pulverised rich 

 soil. The surface must be made fine, and 

 the seed then beaten gently into the ground 

 and covered lightly with fine earth. When 

 the plants are sufficiently strong, and before 

 they are drawn by growing too closely 

 together, transplant them into nursery-beds 

 or lines, allowing about four inches inter- 

 mediate space. This will insure strong 

 stocky plants, and will also induce the for- 

 mation of an extra quantity of roots. In 

 transplanting the early varieties, great care 



PURPLE SPROUTING BROCCOLI. 



must be used not to injure the roots ; and 

 the plants should be freely supplied with 

 water until fairly established. In warm 

 localities, where the soil is of a light sandy 

 nature, it is considered necessary by many 

 growers to sow the seed in the situation 

 permanently intended for the crop ; but we 

 think, if moderate care is taken to keep the 

 plants well supplied with water, they may 

 not only be safely transplanted, but that 

 thus treated they will be much less liable 

 to form heads prematurely. 



After- Management. Plant in perma- 

 nent situations as soon as the plants are 

 sufficiently strong, in rows from ij to 3 

 feet apart, leaving about the same distance 



between the plants. Generally it may be 

 said that they should be planted according 

 to the size of the plants. Thus Knight's 

 Dwarf require only 18 inches, Early White 

 27 inches, Purple Cape, Walcheren, and 

 White Sprouting, 2 feet; and the taller 

 sorts should be 3 feet apart. Keep them 

 well supplied with water until fairly estab- 

 lished, especially the autumn flowering 

 varieties, and these must also be liberally 

 watered in all stages of their growth, 

 during dry, hot weather. Keep the ground 

 well stirred between the rows and free 

 from weeds ; and before severe weather 

 sets in, the spring kinds should be laid 

 over, with their heads facing the north. 

 This operation checks the action of the 

 roots, and the plants consequently become 

 less succulent and better able to resist 

 frost. They are thus also put in the best 

 possible position for covering with stable 

 or any other litter when such protection 

 may be necessary. 



There are many varieties of broccoli 

 too many, indeed, to be mentioned here 

 and for classification in divisions, with 

 times for sowing and cutting, the reader is 

 referred to the price lists of the leading 

 growers, such, for example, as those issued 

 by Messrs. Daniel Bros., Norwich, Messrs. 

 Sutton and Sons, Reading, &c. 



Broccoli, Clubbing in. See Club- 



bicg in Cabbages. 



Brompton Stocks. - 



Brompton. 



Stocks, 



Brooms. 



The ordinary birch broom, which is made 

 of a number of small branchlets of birch, 

 cut very nearly to one length, and bound 

 together about the sharpened end of a 

 wooden stick which serves as a handle, and 

 which is driven into the centre of the mass 

 after the ends have been cut even, in order 



