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BANGALORE. 



Mean temperature, 75. Quantity of rain measured, 8% inches. 

 Asters, Phlox, Nasturtiums, Cocks-combs, Mignonette are in 

 full bloom. Zinnias and Balsams over, the gardens generally 

 suffer from the heavy rains prevalent at night. All delicate 

 seedlings should be under cover at night during this and the 

 following month. Sow beet, cabbage, knolkhol, brinjals, trans- 

 plant cauliflowers and early cabbages and knolkhol. 



OCTOBER. 



MADRAS. 

 Mean temperature, 82'0. Average fall of rain, 11'12 inches. 



The remarks on last month apply equally to this. Continue 

 to sow all kinds of vegetable seeds in boxes ; transplant from the 

 boxes into beds, and immediately after the first heavy fall of 

 rain remove into rows and trenches, more particularly celery, 

 beet, cabbage, knolkhol, cauliflower, and broccoli. Care should 

 be taken in finally transplanting all the cabbage tribe, to provide 

 against heavy falls of rain, by making trenches to carry off the 

 water. Crops of peas should be sown every week or ten days 

 from the beginning of this month until the 10th of December ; 

 peas sown after that time seldom pod. 



Onions and leeks should be sown during this month in light 

 rich earth, carefully covering the seed. When leeks are a few 

 inches high, plant them in drills, eighteen inches apart, and 

 nine inches plant from plant. As they increase in size, draw up 

 the earth to their stems, in order to blanch them : leeks are much 

 improved by blanching. 



Sow parsnips in rich deep soil. Trench the ground two feet 

 deep ; sow the seeds in drills one foot apart, and thin the plants 

 so as to leaf eight inches from each other. 



But few fruits, vegetables, or flowers, are procurable in the 

 market this month ; but cabbages, carrots, and spinage, may be 

 produced from your own garden with ordinary attention. 



BANGALORE. 



Mean temperature, 74. Quantity of rain measured, 4 inches. 



Plant out cauliflowers, cabbages, brinjals, sow more lettuco 



