Nov.] THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 555 



if omitted in October, such lettuces as are designed to be wintered 

 therein; this should on no account be delayed to a later period. 



On the approach of severe frost protect your lettuces on warm 

 borders, &c. as directed in page 522. 



N. B. Lettuces make a most delicious boiled salad, which, in the 

 estimation of most people who have tried it, is much superior to 

 spinage. This observation escaped my recollection while writing 

 the work of the summer months, where it might have been more 

 appropriately inserted ; as then, thousands of heads start to seed and 

 are totally lost, which might be profitably used in this way. They 

 are generally in an excellent condition for this purpose, at any time 

 from the period of their having attained a sufficient size, till the 

 hearts or centre stems have shot towards seeding six or eight 

 inches high, so that when they are past use for a raw salad, they are 

 yet good for a boiled one. 



Small Saluding. 



Small salading of every kind will now require to be sown on a 

 slight hot-bed, under the protection of frames and glasses; other- 

 wise disappointment will ensue, especially if the cold sets in early. 

 In mild weather admit plenty of air, to give strength to the plants. 



Garlic, Rocambole, and Shallots. 



You may now plant garlic, rocambole, and shallots; the earlier 

 in the month that this is done the better. When planted at this 

 season in dry, light, rich ground, the roots will be much larger 

 than if deferred till spring. The bulbs of the common garlic or 

 Jillium sativum, grow to a larger size than those of the rocambole, 

 or Mlium scorodoprasum, but some people conceive the latter to be 

 of a better flavour. 



The true shallot, or Jillium ascalonicum, is considered to possess 

 the most agreeable flavour of any of that genus, and is, consequent- 

 ly, highly deserving of cultivation. 



For the method of planting each of the above sorts see page 197; 

 but in planting the bulbs produced on the tops of the garlic and 

 rocambole stalks, observe to cover them only about two inches deep, 

 as they are not so large or strong as the cloves of the roots. 



Cabbage and Cauliflower Plants. 



During the continuance of mild weather, give your cabbage and 

 cauliflower plants every advantage of free air, to inure them by 

 degrees to bear the cold, by taking the glasses off totally, in the 

 warm part of the day, but be attentive to lay them on again at 

 night and in wet or cold weather. On coldish days, except there 

 is a cutting frosty wind, you may raise the glasses a little behind 

 for the admission of air: however, if a severe frost should set in, 

 in the course of the month, you must cover the beds carefully at 

 night, and at other times when necessary, to protect the plants 



