MARCH 155 



sowing should be made now, on the warm border. This fine 

 vegetable requires a long period of growth to attain perfection, and 

 those who sow late rarely see such buttons as the plant is capable 

 of producing. The plants should have the best seed-bed that can be 

 found for them. 



CABBAGE of two or three kinds should be sown now to supply 

 plants for filling up as crops are taken off, and also to patch and 

 mend where failures happen. Where the owner of a garden has 

 opportunities of helping his poorer neighbours, one of the best 

 methods is to supply them with Cabbage and Winter Greens for 

 planting in their garden plots. In many instances they cannot well 

 get up a stock of their own, and are too likely to begin with bad 

 seed very much to their after-discouragement in gardening, and to 

 the detriment of their domestic comfort in respect of the wholesome 

 food the garden should supply. We have seen much good accom- 

 plished at the most trifling cost by the annual sowing of a few breadths 

 of useful Brassicas, to supply railway men and factory operatives 

 with plants of a far better kind than they could either raise or 

 purchase in their own way. The rankest manure may be employed 

 in preparing ground for Cabbage ; this will allow of the use of the 

 well-rotted manure for seed-beds, and other purposes for which it 

 will be required. 



CARROT. Sow Early Horn at the first opportunity, but wait 

 for signs of settled spring weather to sow the main crops of large 

 sorts, and then put them on deeply dug ground without manure. 



CAULIFLOWER. Plant out as weather permits from hand-lights 

 and frames, choosing the best ground you have. In preparing a plot 

 for Cauliflower, use plenty of manure ; and if it is only half- rotten, it 

 will be better than if old and mellow. 



CELERIAC. So far as seed sowing is concerned, Celeriac may be 

 treated in the same way as Celery. 



CELERY. For the earliest supply, say in September, sow on the 

 first of the month a pinch of seed of one or more of the smaller pink 

 or white sorts on a mild hot-bed, or in an early vinery. As soon as 

 the plants are large enough to handle, prick them out three inches 

 apart on a nice mellow bed of rich soil on a half-spent hot-bed ; give 

 them plenty of light, with free ventilation as weather allows, and con- 

 stant supplies of water. About the middle of the month, sow again 

 and prick out as before ; but if no hot-bed is available, a well- 

 prepared bed in a frame in a sunny position will answer ; or, if the 

 season is somewhat advanced, a bed of rotten manure, two or three 



