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successive crops, and transplanted once or twice. This vege- 

 table is not likely to be injured by the heavy rains of the mon- 

 soon. Asparagus seed should be sown in boxes towards the 

 latter end of the month, and transplanted in November, in rows 

 two feet apart, and the plants one foot from each other. The 

 soil should be mixed with a large portion of rotten horse 

 manure : it is scarcely possible to make the ground too rich for 

 asparagus. Fresh asparagus seed should be sown whenever 

 procurable, and especially between the end of June and the 

 beginning of December. 



In this month mangoes, oranges, pine-apples, pumplemoses, 

 plantains, pomegranates, cucumbers, melons, green melons, and 

 limes, are abundantly supplied, at low prices, in the market. 

 Carrots, turnips, cabbage, and other European vegetables, are 

 scarce and dear ; but pavekah, podalongah, greens, and brinjals, 

 are procurable in small quantities. 



The following fruits and vegetables are also to be had in this 

 month : custard apples, sapadilloes, lemons, mangosteens, pars- 

 nips, salad, and vegetable-marrow. 



BANGALORE. 



Mean temperature, 76. Quantity of rain measured, 4 inches. 

 Sow Nasturtiums, more Asters, Geraniums, Lobelia, Bamosa. 

 Mignonette, Salvia, Balsams, Cocks-combs, Phlox, Datura 

 manure and prune rose trees, plant out Altenanthera, Gold 

 Feather, Stackys, sow peas, beans, celery, knolkhol, carrots, 

 lettuce, plant a small crop of potatoes. 



JULY. 



MADRAS. 



Mean temperature, 85 '7. Average fall of rain, 3*73 inches. 

 In this month, it is desirable to sow celery, beet, knolkhol, 

 cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, asparagus, endive, lettuce, carrots, 

 and turnips. 



CELERY, Sow in boxes in this and the two following months. 

 Remove to beds when about three inches high, and into trenches, 

 as required, after being a month in the beds. The trenches 



