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TOMATO (Lycopersicum csculentwn.) To have tomatoes early, 

 seed must be sown in. July in heat, and the young plants grown in 

 pots until ready to plant out when the weather has become warm 

 in September. For later crops, the seeds may be sown in a warm 

 border out of doors towards the end of August. The tomato 

 requires rich soil, and succeeds best in that which is sandy. The 

 earliest plants should be planted and trained against a north wall or 

 fence ; later crops may be planted against other fences, or in the 

 open quarters, allowing a space of three teet to each plant, but in 

 all situations they ought to be supported off the ground by stakes or 

 trellises. The plants, as they grow, should be kept thinned of shoots, 

 weak laterals being pinched off, and those that are to remain stopped 

 at the flower. To ensure a full crop during dry weather an 

 abundance of water is required. 



PERENNIAL TREE TOMATO (Cyphomandra betacea.) This fast- 

 growing perennial, which is perfectly distinct from the ordinary 

 tomato, reaches a height of ten or twelve feet, with leaves over 

 eighteen inches long and by more than twelve inches broad, and, 

 independently of its fruit, is a beautiful foliage plant. It comes into 

 bearing in about eighteen months, and its truit, which is orange- 

 coloured and about the size of a hen's egg, is very delicious. 



TURNIP (Bmssica mpa.) To have turnips tender and mild they 

 must be grown rapidly and without check ; therefore the soil must 

 be in good condition. The seed may be sown broadcast on a bed, 

 or in drills, the latter being the preferable mode. The drills for 

 early sorts should be at least fifteen inches apart, and the plants 

 thinned to six or nine inches ; but for swedes the drills should be 

 eighteen inches, and the plants twelve inches apart. The first sow- 

 ing should be made in the beginning of February, or earlier, if a 

 good rainfall happens to occur. Successional sowings may be made 

 of white sorts in autumn and early spring, choosing the yellow- 

 fleshed varieties for summer growth, as they withstand the heat 

 better than the others. The seed should be sown extremely thin, 

 the plants thinned early, and the surface of the soil around them 

 kept in a loose state. 



VEGETABLE MARROW (Qucurbita pcpo or if cm.) The instructions 

 given for the cucumber are applicable to the growth of the vege- 

 table marrow, with the difference of only having one plant instead 

 of two in every space, and the distance eight feet apart instead of 

 six, and little or no stopping, further than thinning where the vines 

 are too thick. 



FLOWER SEEDS AND THEIR CULTIVATION. 



Soil. One of the first considerations in the culture of annuals 

 is the condition of the soil, to which sufficient attention is rarely 

 paid. It is seldom either properly worked or sufficiently fertile. 

 With the exception of a few gross-growing kinds, annuals, to 



