406 THE KITCHEN GARDEN. [June. 



Squashes and Pumpkins. 



Squashes and pumpkins may be treated in the same way as 

 directed for water melons; they are more hardy, and do not require 

 so very particular attention; however, the ground must be kept 

 loose and free from weeds, for it will be in vain otherwise to expect 

 profitable crops. 



Sweet Potatoes. 



Your sweet potatoes must have earth drawn around the hills, to 

 enlarge them and encourage the growth of the roots; lay oft' the 

 vines regularly, and keep the ground very clean. 



Caidifloivers. 



The early cauliflowers, will now be producing their heads abun- 

 dantly; care must be taken to break down the leaves to preserve 

 the flowers from sun and rain, as directed in page 371. 



Those plants which are still advancing in growth, or part coming 

 into flower, should, in very dry weather, be frequently well watered, 

 which will greatly enlarge the size of the flowers. For this purpose, 

 draw the earth around each plant, basin-formed, to retain the water 

 till soaked down about the roots. This practice is absolutely 

 necessary in dry seasons. 



The cauliflower plants from late sowing, should now be planted 

 out finally, as directed in page 315; taking care, either to do it in 

 moist or cloudy w r eather, or to give shade and water after planting: 

 a large cabbage leaf laid over each plant will protect it considera- 

 bly. 



Cabbages and Savoys. 



Take opportunity of moist or cloudy weather, and plant out a full 

 crop of cabbages and savoys, from the late spring sowings; also, of 

 the red pickling cabbage, allowing each kind a sufficient distance 

 according to the nature of its growth, as directed in the former 

 months. 



But in gardens, where there is no ground vacant, from other 

 crops, or where there is a necessity of making the most of every 

 piece of kitchen ground, you may plant the savoy and cabbage 

 plants between rows of forward beans, and early cauliflowers, or 

 such crops as stand distant, and are soon to come off' the ground; 

 observing to give eacli plant a little water immediately alter plant- 

 ing, unless the ground is sufficiently saturated with moisture. 



You may now sow seeds of any of the early heading kinds of 

 cabbage, such as the early Smyrna, York, Sugarloaf, or Battersea, 

 to come in both for small hearts and hard cabbages in autumn. 



Borecole, Prussels sprouts, Jerusalem Kale, and Turnip Cabbage. 

 The early plants of either of the above kinds may now be plant- 



