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use the same season ; but if sown for the purpose of raising seed 

 onions, or small bulbs for planting next year, the middle of the month 

 will be the proper time, or even towards the latter end. Seeds for 

 the latter purpose should be sown pretty thick, and in poor gravelly 

 ground ; otherwise they will grow too large, or run to tops and not 

 bulb well. -V 



You may now sow a principal crop of leeks, either in drills, or as 

 directed for onions on page 204 ; if in drills, they may be landed, as 

 you do celery, when arrived at full size ; or if in beds, they should 

 be transplanted in June or July, as then directed. 



PLANTING SEED ONIONS. 



All your seed onions ought to be planted, if not done in the pre- 

 ceding months, as early in this as possible; for they never succeed 

 so well as by early planting. (See page 205.) 



GARLIC, ROCOMBOLE, SHALLOTS, AND CHIVES. 



These useful culinary and medicinal plants, if not attended to in 

 the former months, should now be planted as early as possible, and 

 as directed on page 206. 



TURNIPS. 



You may sow any time this month, a full summer crop of the early 

 Dutch, early stone, or early green turnip; they will succeed very 

 well, and being of a quick growth, will arrive at good perfection 

 before they are overtaken by the violent summer heats. 



Sow the seeds in open quarters or beds, after the ground has been 

 well dug and sufficiently manured, tolerably thin, and as evenly as 

 possible; if the ground is dry, tread down the seed regularly, and 

 rake it in with a light and even hand. 



Hoe and thin the turnips which were sown last month, leaving the 

 plants six, seven, or eight inches distant from each other, according 

 to the richness of the soil. 



SALSAFY, 



Salsafy, or Tragopogon porrifolium, is a plant by some highly 

 valued for its white eatable root, which grows a foot or more long, 

 and in shape like a carrot or parsnip. Some have carried their fond- 

 ness for it so far as to call it a vegetable oyster. Its method of culti- 

 vation, &c., you will find on page 207 : the seed may be sown with 

 good success any time this month. 



SCORZONERA, OR VIPER' S-GR ASS. 



There are nineteen species of scorzonera described ; but the Scor- 

 zonera hispanica is that principally cultivated in gardens, for its 

 roots; which, if sown in this month in drills, and covered about half 



