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from four to six weeks afterwards, the plants should be 

 pricked out or transplanted, one each into a pint flower- 

 pot filled with rich soil say one-third well-rotted manure 

 and two-thirds earth and kept over winter in a cold 

 frame, well protected from frost by linings and coverings, 

 giving air on sunny days. 



As soon as the weather is settled, or about the first to 

 the 10th of April, they should be turned out of the pots, 

 without breaking the balls, into the permanent bed; plant- 

 ing them in rows about thirty inches apart, and eighteen 

 inches between the plants. A top dressing of lime or salt, 

 or a mulching of sea- weed, is beneficial to them, as well 

 as to broccoli. They should be well hoed and cared for 

 during their growth, from time to time drawing up some 

 earth around the stems. In dry weather they should have 

 a liberal supply of water, with now and then some manure- 

 water. 



When the flower heads show themselves, some of the 

 leaves should be broken over them, in order to protect 

 them from the rain and sun, and to keep the heads close 

 and of a pure white color. They will be fit for use during 

 the month of June or the beginning of July. 



Their growth may be accelerated by placing over each 

 plant a small protecting frame, which should be allowed to 

 remain over them until the leaves begin to touch the glass, 

 giving air every fine day. By using a protecting frame, 

 they may be planted out by the beginning of April, or soon 

 after the frost is out of the ground, as they will stand four 

 or five degrees of frost. 



Another mode is to transplant the plants, when four or 

 five weeks old, into a cold frame, as in wintering over 

 cabbage plants, and next spring to transplant them with a 

 trowel into the permanent bed. * In such a frame they 



