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short of direct sunshine. They must, at the same time, be 

 carefully kept from exposure to heavy rain. 



It is better not to be in too great a hurry to put the young 

 plants out in the open ground. If they become large and 

 crowded in the gumlahs, they had better be thinned out and 

 transplanted into other gumlahs, rather than put out in the 

 ground before the Eains are over, although that may not be 

 before the middle of October. 



The soil where the plants are to be grown can hardly be 

 made too rich with manure. The most economical way of 

 proceeding is to draw rows of lines a foot and a half apart. In 

 these dig holes about eight inches wide and eight inches deep, 

 at intervals of a foot and a half apart. Fill up the holes with a 

 rich compost of mould and manure, and put in each a Cabbage- 

 plant. The young plants will require to be protected from the 

 sun for three or four days. A broken flower-pot or a Plantain 

 leaf placed over them in the daytime and removed at night 

 answers the purpose well. They should not be suffered to flag 

 for want of water ; and when they have become well established 

 and are making growth, the application of liquid manure 

 will be highly beneficial. Frequent watering will have the 

 tendency to make the earth cake and harden on the surface. 

 When this happens, it should be broken up by hoeing round 

 the stems. 



The Cabbage takes about four months from the time of 

 sowing to come to perfection. 



When a head of Cabbage has been cut, if the stump be left 

 in the ground it will send out side shoots and produce two or 

 three nice heads, little inferior to the one that was cut. 



When the Hot season, moreover, approaches, and the Cab- 

 bages no longer form heads, young sprouts will be produced 

 from the old stalks, affording a nice supply of greens for the 

 table till a very late period. 



COLEWORT COLLAED. 



Cabbages cut for cooking when little more than half-grown, 

 and before they have begun to form a head, are usually called 

 " Greens." The particular kind above named and Vanack are 

 accounted best for the purpose ; but some persons consider that 

 nearly all kinds answer equally well. 



