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hoops, in order to be occafionally flieltered with mats till 

 tranfplanting tiine next fpring. 



But the cauliflower plants raifed from the fecond fow- 

 ing, are alfo propofed to be wintered in garden frames 

 or under occafional protedlion of mats, or in warm bor- 

 ders, principally for fpring tranfplanting into the open 

 ground to furnilh a fucceffional general crop. See Odo- 

 ber and November. 



But kt it be obferved, that if you have no bell or 

 hand-glafles, or that you do not intend to plant out any 

 plants under fuch glailes in O(5lober, as above ; but that 

 you either intend or are necellitated to winter them all 

 in frames, or on warm borders, you, in that cafe, need 

 make .but onefowing; which fhould be, as before fiiid, 

 fome time between the eighteenth and t\fenty-fourth of 

 the month. 



But here it will be proper to fet down in what man- 

 ner the plants, both from the firH or fecond fowing, pro- 

 vided you fow twice, Ihould be managed until they are 

 fit to be tranfplanted into the beds or places where they 

 are to remain all winter. And, to begin with the (eed. 



TKe feed is to be fown as above directed, either all at 

 once, or at two different times, as you fhall think necef- 

 fary, according to the above dircftions ; obferving at the 

 proper time, to let a fmall fpot of clean rich ground be 

 neatly dug, and mark out a bed about a yard or three 

 feet and a half broad ; immediately fow the feed, and 

 rake it in with particular care ; or otherwife, you may 

 lirll rake the furface fmooth, and with the back of the 

 rake fhove the earth evenly off the furface of the bed, 

 half an i»ch deep, into the alley, in a ridge along the 

 edge of the bed ; then fow the feed, and with the rake, 

 teeth downward, in its proper pofition, draw the earth 

 evenly over the kcd : or in another method of fowing, 

 the bed when digged, being juft raked fmooth, fow the 

 feed, and fift over it about a quarter of an inch of light 

 earth. In dry weather let the bed be from time to time 

 moderately watered : this will make the plants come up 

 foon, they will rife equally, and all take a regular 

 growth. 



When the plants are come up, continue in dry weather, 

 to water the bed moderately, at leaft every two days. 



Then, about the twentieth, or fome time between that 

 and the twenty fifth of next month, the plants Ihould be 



pricked 



