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wants but a few hundred or thousand cabbage 

 plants to purchase them of some one who 

 grows them largely, than to attempt to grow 

 his own. During the season just passed, we 

 furnished our customers who came to the, beds 

 with as fine, healthy, well-rooted plants as they 

 could desire, and of the best varieties, at $1.50 

 per thousand. Who could think of preparing 

 his bed, purchasing his seed, and producing a 

 single thousand for that money ? 



If it be found impossible to keep the fleas 

 entirely off, on account of neglecting some of 

 the precautions \vhich we have given, the best 

 manner of overcoming the injuries likely to be 

 developed is to keep the plants -growing as 

 thriftily as possible, from the time the seed 

 leaves are opened until the head is formed, as it 

 frequently happens that \vhere the plants are 

 not badly infested with fleas, the diseases re- 

 sulting therefrom will be comparatively slight. 



THE USE OF LIME upon ground occupied 

 by cabbage is commonly regarded as beneficial, 

 many growers having noticed that club-root 

 is less likely to be developed where lime is a 

 plentiful constituent of the soil. The reason 

 for this is obvious : the strong alkali is very 

 destructive to the maggots, and keeps them in 



