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FARMERS' REGISTER, 



425 



other purposes, it may be removed altogether, 

 and the bed merely sheltered by hoops and 

 mats. 



If it is not convenient to spare a frame lor the 

 pur:. use, one, may be made of turf walls, about 

 eight inches high in front, and twelve at the back, 

 and by laying a lew bearers across, it maybe 

 readily covered with mats, or even hoops will an- 

 swer the purpose very well. And should the cul- 

 tivator not have the conveniency lor making a 

 hotbed, delay the sowing till March, and s 

 nice warm border facing the south. 



When the plants have become an inch high, 

 prick them out, about three inches apart, eitl 

 a warm south border, of light rich soil, or on ano- 

 ther slight hotbed; and from this nursery bed, 

 they will be taken to their final destina 



The second crop should be sown in the lust 

 week in March, either on a slight hotbed, or on a 

 warm border, which answers the purpose exceed- 

 ingly well at this time of the year. 



The second sawing season. — The sowing at this 

 season is to produce what are usual!;," termed the 

 Michaelmas crop of cauliflowers. This sowing 

 should take place about the third week in May, 

 and a shady border should be selected for the pur- 

 pose; or if the weather becomes very dry, the 

 plants will suiter notwithstanding all the care that 

 may be taken in watering. 



Prick out the plants, when large enough, as re- 

 commended for the early sowings wthem 

 to remain there until the third week in July, when 

 they may be transplanted into the situations where 

 they are to form hea 



Third solving season. — This season e 

 from the middle of August to the middle o 

 tember, and is intended to produce plants to stand 

 the winter, and to plant out early in the spring for 

 the main early crops, which are generally the 

 finest. YYY pi ring this crop about the se- 



cond week in September, because when sown in 

 the middle or towards the end of August, they of- 

 ten become too large before winter, and are more 

 liable to be injured by frost, unless they are check- 

 ed in their growth, which often ends in their but- 

 toning; that, is, forming small heads very early in 

 the spring, which, to say the least, is a very great 

 disappointment. 



Sow the seeds on a warm border in light soil, 

 and when they arc large enough, which will be 

 about, the beginning of November, transplant 

 them in the situation where they are intended to 

 stand the winter. This is either under a south 

 wall, where they will receive no covering, under 

 hand glasses, or in frames. 



Where the cultivator has not a frame or 

 glasses to spare for the purpose, they will do re- 

 markably well if planted as close under a south 

 Avail as they can be placed; and if the weather be 

 very severe, a slight shelter maybe given them, 

 butin general, this is unnecessary. These will not 

 be quite so early in fori ii heads as lhe,sc. in 



frames, or uud.'i' hati 



Planting under ha . — Prepare some 



rich ground, in a warm si tati n, for this purpose, 

 by digging in a good quantity of rotten dung. 

 Then place the hand glasses about lour feet dis- 

 tant from each other, and proceed to plant from six 

 to twelve plants under each, according to the size 

 of the glass. If the day be dry when they are 

 planted, it. will be necessary to <rtvc them a little 



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water; place on the glasses, and keep them close 

 shut until they begin to grow; then raise the 

 glasses on the south side, with a brie!;, to admit 

 air in fine weather, being | articularly cautious 

 not to keep them too tenderly. 



In fine mild weather, during winter, take the 

 glasses entirely off all day, but in frosty weather, 

 and very heavy ruins, secure them well from be- 

 ing affected, otherwise in spring, most of the 

 plants will be lost. They may be easily secured 

 ost by mats or litter, and from rain, by shut- 

 ting the glasses closely down. 



It is very possible, that in mild weather, towards 



the plants will be infested by slugs; the 



evils resulting from these may be prevented by 



sprinkling quick-lime round each plant, or sowing 



iver the ground amongst them. 



them sheltered by rfiese glasses till to- 

 wards the end of April, (continuing fully to ex- 

 pose them in all fine weather, and secure them 

 ists;) at which tune they will have been 

 thinned out to three or four under each glass, and 

 i livu out, have been planted in the situa- 

 ppointedfor them to produce heads. 



Planting in Frames. — Place the frame on a 

 spect, and in the beginning of November, 

 or the end of Octoh splant the cauliflower 



plants in rows, four inches apart, and three inches 

 from plant to plant in the rows; place on the lights, 

 an I !■- ■ pthem close shut down, until they begin to 

 grow, lb rin tine mild weather, as recom- 



mended be.'bre, for those in frames; but secure 

 . om frosts by mats or litter. 



A method we have practised at Chatsworth, for 

 some years, may be safely dec. ended on> for pro- 

 heads somewhat earlier than can be obtain- 

 ed by the usual mode of planting in frames. This 

 is, by potting a number ol fine plants in GO sized 

 pots, at the end of October, and plunging them in 

 the frame, with the other plants. On the ap- 

 proach of s] ring, if thi se roots have filled the pots, 

 it would be advisable to place them in layer; they 

 eatly outstrip the others in growth, and at 

 the end of April, when they are planted out in 

 the open ground, they will be a good size; and 

 meeting with no cheek in their removal they will 

 speedily form their heads. 



Some persons keep the pots in a vinery, or other 

 house, where a moderate heat is kept; we have 

 tried this plan with success, but they are liable to 

 button, alter being turned out. 



Final culture, fyc. of the three crops. — The 

 mode of final culture for all is much the same in 

 : ce, but diners in detail, in consequence of 

 isons at which they are sown; so that it be- 

 comes necessary to treat of them separately. And 

 first:— 



Final culture of {he first sowing. — In the be- 

 ginning of May, prepare to plant them in their 

 final destination, which must be on an open, rich, 

 quarter of the garden, well manured for the pur- 

 po >e. 



Take u^ the plants carefully from the nursery 



beds, whh good balls, and plant them on the quar- 



hem, in rows four fi I apart, and 



two feet six inches from plant to plant in the rows. 



If the weather be dry, water them as often as 

 they require it; t ither with manured water, or not, 

 as may be convenient; the former will stimulate 

 the plants to grow finer. 



The plants raised from the second sowing at. 



