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ertheless, to have them at New York or Boston 

 in May, and, at Philadelphia late in April ; to 

 have something little short of a cauliflower at 

 that season is worth some trouble, and even some 

 expense; for, at that very season, the people of 

 New York, are carrying home wild dock leaves 

 from market, bought at three or four cents a 

 handful ! This is the way to go to work to have 

 Brocoli at this season. Five rows, across one of 

 the Plats in the garden, will contain 110 plants. 

 The space they will occupy will be 56 leet ^oag, 

 and 10 feet wide from out-side row to out-side 

 row. Now, all this space must have a covering" 

 during the time that the ground is completely 

 locked up by the frost. And this is the way to 

 cover it. Before the ground be hard frozen, put 

 some stout stakes in the ground on both out-siaes 

 of the out side rows, and at about a footirom the 

 stems of the plants, Let these stakes be about 

 a foot higher than the tops of the leaves of the 

 plants ; and that will make the stakes about tour 

 feet high. Let these stakes (which should not 

 be less than three inches through) have a fork at 

 the upper end to lodge a pole upon to go from 

 stake to stake across the plantation. That these 

 poles may not bend in the middle, by and by,. 

 when cue covering is put on, put another row 'o 

 forked stakes along the middle, or near the midr 

 die of the plantation. From out-side row o* 

 stakes to out-side of stakes will be twelve tee 

 and a halt. The stakes are to be ibur feet asun- 

 der in the long rows, and they will be about six 

 feet asunder across the plantation. Lay stout 

 poles across, and let each pole rest in the forks 

 gf the three stakes. Then tie some stout rods 



