474 THE KITCHEN-GARDEN. [SEPT. 



a due degree of strength before the setting in of very severe 

 weather. 



Note. Late sown cabbage plants, would be greatly benefited by 

 treating them as directed above for Cauliflowers, 



Late Cauliflotvers and Broccoli. 



If the weather should prove dry, give occasional waterings to the 

 crops of late cauliflowers and broccoli, which you expect to flower in 

 October, Sec. otherwise the heads will be small, especially if the 

 ground is naturally dry. 



Welsh Onion Seed. 



Sow some Welsh onion seed for early spring sallad, &c. This 

 kind never bulbs and is very hardy ; for although the tops will 

 sometimes die down in winter, yet the roots will continue sound, 

 and push up new leaves on the eve of the first spring vegetation. 



It will be necessary to sow this seed in the first week of the 

 momh, on beds of light rich ground in a warm exposure, and af- 

 terwards to keep the rising plants perfectly free from weeds. 



Mushrooms. 



This is a proper time to prepare for making beds, in which to 

 cultivate the jlgaricus cawfle&tris, Champignon, or common IVush- 

 room. Of 213 species of Agaricus, enumerated by Er. Withering^ 

 this is the only one selected for cultivating in gardens. The Gills 

 of this are loose, of a pinky red, changing to liver colour, in contact 

 but not united with the stem ; very thick set, some forked next the 

 stem, some next the edge of the cap, some t both ends, and gene- 

 ally in that case excluding the intermediate smaller gills. CW/z, 

 \vhite, changing to brown when old, and becoming scurfy, fleshy, 

 and regularly convex, but with age flat, and liquifying in^decay ; 

 jlesh white : diameter commonly from one inch to three or 

 sometimes four or more. Stem solid, one to three inches high, 

 and about half an inch in diameter. 



I consider the description of this species the more necessary, as 

 many of the others are poisonous. This is the most savory of the 

 genus, and is eaten fresh, either stewed or boiled ; and preserved 

 either as a pickle or in powder. The sauce commonly called 

 Catchufi is made from its juice with salt and spices. DR. WITH- 

 ERING asserts, that those gathered from fresh undunged pastures, 

 are more delicate than those which are raised in artificial beds. 

 MR. MILLER is of a different opinion, probably because the culti- 

 vated ones are more sightly, and may be collected more easily in a 

 proper state for eating. 



It will be necessary in the early part of this month to provide a 

 quantity of fresh horse dung, and to throw it up in a heap to fer- 

 ment j when it has lain two or three weeks turn it again, that all 



