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indeed, will come almost anywhere that is warm, dark 

 and with the air reasonably sweet. Just pack the crowns 

 close together among the soil, give water occasionally, 

 keep them warm and dark, and the crowns will push 

 thick, stem-like clusters of incipient foliage which can 

 be cut when about eight inches long. The supply thus 

 produced will keep the grower going until his outdoor 

 crop, forced under earth or ashes as it stands in the rows, 

 or under Seakale pots, baskets or boxes heaped over 

 with hot manure, is ready, so maintaining a long succes- 

 sion. 



Turnips. Inasmuch as the Turnip is so hardy as to 

 withstand a considerable degree of cold, and can be had 

 in the open air in autumn and winter except in very 

 severe weather, many will hardly consider it worth while 

 to force, but the connoisseur may wish to do so for the 

 sake of the more tender flesh and more delicate flavour 

 of roots grown under glass. The procedure is simple 

 enough, for seed of a selected variety, such as White 

 Model or Golden Ball, only needs to be sown broadcast 

 in light soil in a hotbed frame, and covered half an inch 

 deep in autumn or winter. Daily syringing with luke- 

 warm water should be practised, and the frame should 

 be ventilated in favourable weather. Beyond thinning, 

 if the seedlings come crowded the crop will require no 

 further attention. The roots will be mild, cool, melting 

 and of delicate flavour. 



Vegetable Marrows. Where there is a fairly large 

 frame available this tender and agreeable vegetable may 

 be pushed on for early use, a variety of special flavour 

 being chosen, such as Moore's Cream. It is best to raise 

 the plants in a box or pot in a warm house about mid- 

 winter, and put them out when about six inches high, 

 allowing each two square yards of space. If the shoots 



