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required, let it be sown on an open spot of rich ground, tolerably 

 thick, taking care to cover it evenly, or to rake it in well. 



The white and green curled endive are the proper sorts to sow 

 now ; when the plants are about three inches high, they should be 

 transplanted into beds, at the distance of ten or twelve inches from one 

 another, and immediately watered, taking care to transplant them in 

 cloudy or wet weather, if such should occur in due season. 



Towards* the end of the month you may sow some more, to keep 

 up a regular succession, and although it is very difficult to raise it in 

 good perfection at this season, some families must have it at all 

 events. 



OKRA. 



The first week of this month is a very proper time to sow a full 

 crop of okra ; and another sowing may be made about the middle 

 thereof, for a succession crop ; the seeds will now vegetate freely and 

 the plants advance apace. For the method of sowing them, &c., see 

 page 341. 



NASTURTIUMS. 



The seed of the nasturtium may be sown in the first week of this 

 month, as directed on page 341 ; but the early crops of this kind are 

 generally most successful. 



SORREL. 



Either the common garden broad-leaved, or the French round- 

 leaved sorrel, may be sown in the first week of this month, as di- 

 rected on page 343. Or, the old standing roots of either kind may 

 be separated and planted for increase, in beds or borders, at the dis- 

 tance of ten or twelve inches asunder ; this would have been better 

 if done last month, but they will succeed any time in this if well 

 watered immediately after planting, and repeated at intervals for a 

 few days. When the plants shoot up to seed, cut them down close, 

 and a new crop of leaves will be produced ; this may be repeated 

 from time to time during the summer and autumn. 



SOWING POT-HERBS, ETC. 



Common and curled parsley may now be sown where it had been 

 omitted in the former months, as may also the seeds of chervil, sweet 

 basil, coriander, pot-marigold, borage, and burnet ; thyme, summer 

 and winter savory, sweet and pot marjoram, together with many other 

 sorts of pot, aromatic, or medicinal herbs ; observing the same me- 

 thod as directed on page 215, which see. All those, with every other 

 kind necessary, should be sown as early in the month as possible. 



