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the same care, as Cauliflower plants (which see in 

 Paragraph 209 ;) but, if this be not done, you must 

 raise them in the spring in precisely the same way 

 as the very earliest cabbage-plants, for which see 

 Paragraph from 77 to 94. Put the plants out into 

 the natural ground, about a fortnight before the ge- 

 neral Corn-planting time. Do not put them in a 

 place full to the sun ; but in the east borders, or in 

 the west border. Make the ground rich, right 

 strong, break it well, and, in transplanting, keep 

 as much earth as you can about the roots, and give 

 a little water ; and transplant in the evening. 

 These plants will loave about the time of the early 

 cabbages, arid some of them will not go off to seed 

 for six weeks after they are loaved. So that, about 

 two square feet of a hot-bed will give you a great 

 quantity of real lettuces. Let one plant (a very 

 fine one) stand for seed; and it will give you plenty 

 of seed for a year or two. Whenever you trans- 

 plant Lettuces, give them a little water, and, if \\ 

 be a small bed, shade them a little. If you sow in 

 the natural ground in the spring, be sure to trans 

 plant into the shady borders. And be sure always 

 to make the ground rich for these fine Lettuces. 



231. MANGEL-WURZEL. This may be called 

 Cattle-beet. Some persons plant it in gardens. It 

 is a coarse Beet, and is cultivated and preserved as 

 the Beet is. 



232. MARJORAM. One sort is annual and 

 one perennial. The former is called summer and 

 the latter winter. The first sown as ?arly as pos- 

 sible in the spring ; and, the latter propagated by 

 vjfsets ; that is, by parting the roots. The plants 

 may stand pretty close. As the winter sort cannot 

 be got at in winter, some of both oughf to be pre 

 served by drying. Cut it just before it ipmrs out 



