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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. 



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

 directed for onions in page 1S7 ; 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 nevor succeed 

 so well, as by early planting. Seepage 189. 



Garlick^ 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 in page 190. 



Turnefis. 



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

 early Dutch, early stone, or early green turneps ; they will suc- 

 ceed 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 even- 

 ly 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 turneps, which were sown last month, leaving 

 the plants six, seven, or eight inches distant from each other, ac- 

 cording to the richness of the soil. 



Sahafy. 



Salsafy, or Tragc+iogon fiorrifoliiim, 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 parsnep. Some have carried their 

 fondness for it so far, as to cull it a vegetable oyster. Its method 

 of cultivation, &c. you will find in page 190 : the seed maybe sown 

 with good success, any time this month. 



Scorzonerciy or Vijier's-Grass. 



There are nineteen species of scorzonera described ; but the 

 Scorzonera hispanica. is that, principally, cultivated in gardens, for 

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



