534 THE KITCHEN GARDEN. [OCT. 



By introducing such a cabinet into a sitting-room, the beauties of 

 nature are made accessible in the severest season. There would be 

 no necessity of having a green-house to resort to, to fill such a case ; 

 without leaving their comfortably warmed rooms, ladies can attend 

 to their pets, which by employing water in dishes for the sake of the 

 evaporation, will possess as healthy an atmosphere as the gardener's 

 case. As much light as possible should be given. The cactus tribe 

 would thrive here remarkably well. 



OCTOBER. 

 WORK TO BE DONE IN THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 



WINTER SPINAGE. 



Weed and thin your advancing crops of spinage ; in doing this ob- 

 serve to leave the best plants, and at the distance of three, four, or 

 five inches asunder, according to the progress in growth of the suc- 

 cessive crops, leaving the greatest space between the most forward in 

 growth ; or the plants may only be moderately thinned now in order 

 to admit of drawing some out by degrees for use. 



Some of the spinage sown in August will now be fit for the table, 

 and if the plants were left too thick let them be thinned out regu- 

 larly by pulling some up by the roots as they are wanted for use; 

 but if the plants were properly thinned before, gather only the out- 

 side large leaves, and the others will advance for culinary purposes 

 in regular succession. 



Let it be particularly observed that spinage will rot off wherever 

 the weeds spread over it, and that consequently it is necessary to 

 keep it very clean. 



LETTUCES. 



In the first week of this month transplant from the seed-beds into 

 others, of light rich earth, in a warm exposure, and of such dimen- 

 sions as to be covered with your frames on the approach of frost, the 

 lettuce plants arising from the late August or early September sow- 

 ings. Plant them in rows five or six inches distant every way, so 

 that every second plant may be taken up either for use or future 

 planting, leaving the others sufficient room to grow and to head in 

 the greatest perfection. 



Likewise plant some stout plants immediately in frames for use in 

 the latter end of November, December, &c., covering them only at 

 night till severe frosts set in. 



Lettuces designed to remain where sown till spring, should be 



