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strings, or willow twigs, &c., but not too close, so that the hearts may 

 freely advance in growth then gather the earth up all around each 

 plant, first breaking it fine, and as you lay it up, pat it with the back 

 of the spade to make it keep its place and cast off the rain : as the 

 plants progress in growth continue earthing them still higher till well 

 whitened and fit for use ; on the approach of frost they may be pro- 

 tected as directed in November for celery, if not made use of before 

 that time. 



WINTER CRESSES, CORN-SALAD, AND CHERVIL. 



Sow corn-salad and winter cresses the beginning of this month, 

 if not done in August, for winter and early spring use ; let these be 

 sown as directed on page 488. ' Likewise, sow a supply of chervil for 

 soups and salads ; this may be sown in drills nine or ten inches asunder 

 and covered about a quarter of an inch deep, or broadcast and 

 raked in. 



SMALL SALADING. 



Continue to sow once every ten days the different kinds of small 

 salading as directed in the preceding months. The seeds may now 

 be sown in an open situation where the earth is light and rich, but 

 what you sow towards the end of the month should have a warm ex- 

 posure. 



HOE TURNIPS. . 



As your crop of turnips advances in growth, hoe and thin the 

 plants to proper distances ; let this be done in a dry day, cutting the 

 weeds up clean with a sharp and middle sized hoe. 



SOWING CABBAGE SEED. 



The proper period for sowing cabbage seed in the middle States, to 

 produce early summer cabbages, is between the sixth and tenth of 

 this month, if intended to be transplanted into frames in October 

 for winter protection, which is the most preferable method; but if 

 they are designed for remaining in the seed-beds till spring, the 

 period is between the fifteenth and twentieth. However, it will be 

 very proper to make two or three sowings within that time, as it is 

 impossible to say whether the fall may be favorable or otherwise, and 

 therefore the better way is to be prepared in either case by successive 

 crops. 



The consequence of having plants too forward or early is, that 

 they are very subject to run to seed in the spring soon after being 

 planted out ; and if the seeds are sown too late, the plants do not 

 acquire sufficient strength before winter to withstand its rigor with- 

 out extraordinary care. But in either case there is a remedy ; that 

 is, if the plants are likely to become too luxuriant and strong, trans- 

 plant them once or twice in October, and if too backward and weakly, 



