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as you do celery, when arrived at full size; or if in beds, they 

 should be transplanted in June or July, as then directed. 



Planting Seed Onions. 



All your seed onions ought to be planted, if not done in the pre- 

 ceding months, as early in this as possible; for they never succeed 

 so well as by early planting. See page 196. 



Garlick, Rocombole, Shallots and Chives. 



These useful culinary and medicinal plants, if not attended to in 

 the former months, should now be planted as early as possible, 

 and as directed in page 197. 



Turnips. 



You may sow any time this month, a full summer crop of the 

 early Dutch, early stone, or early green turnip; they will succeed 

 very well, and being of a quick growth, will arrive at good perfec- 

 tion before they are overtaken by the violent summer heats. 



Sow the seeds in open quarters or beds, after the ground has 

 been well dug and sufficiently manured, tolerably thin, and as 

 evenly as possible; if the ground is dry, tread down the seed regu- 

 larly, and rake it in with a light and even hand. 



Hoe and thin the turnips which were sown last month, leaving 

 the plants six, seven or eight inches distant from each other, 

 according to the richness of the soil. 



Salsafy. 



Salsafy, or Tragopogon porrifolium, is a plant by some highly 

 valued for its white eatable root, which grows a foot or more long, 

 and in shape like a carrot or parsnip. Some have carried their 

 fondness for it so far as to call it a vegetable oyster. Its method 

 of cultivation, &c. you will find in page 197: the seed may be sown 

 with good success any time this month. 



Scorzonera, or Viper's- Grass. 



There are nineteen species of scorzonera described; but the 

 Scorzonera hispanka is that principally cultivated in gardens, for 

 its roots; which, if sown in this month in drills, and covered about 

 half an inch deep, will produce tine eatable roots for autumn and 

 winter use; they are boiled and eaten like carrots, &c, and are 

 greatly esteemed by many. When the plants are up, they must 

 be thinned to five or six inches apart, and be kept perfectly free 

 from weeds. They may also be sown broad-cast, in three or four 

 feet wide beds, and, when up, thin them to six or seven inches 

 distance every way. 



