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mentioning. Select a warm sheltered place in 

 the garden where no ice or water will stand, 

 and sow about September loth some seed of 

 each of the four varieties named, especially of 

 the Green Winter. When the ground begins to 

 freeze hard, cover with cedar boughs or some 

 very coarse litter. Anything that will settle 

 down closely on the plants will cause them to de- 

 cay. They may come out in the spring almost 

 equal to those in the cold frames. As soon as 

 the frost is out, they can be taken up and forced 

 under glass, or set in the open ground, where, 

 from their hardiness, they will soon mature for 

 market. 



In the same manner as lettuce the seed of 

 cabbage or cauliflower can be sown in the fall. 

 In our latitude it should not be planted earlier 

 than the 5th of September, or the plants will 

 run up to seed in the spring instead of making 

 heads ; nor later than the 2Oth, for then they 



