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only to be preferred where the raising of a crop from 

 seed is found to be precarious. A worm or maggot 

 is the main enemy. Observe the rule of manuring 

 as above; do not sow again for a time on the spot 

 that has once been infected by the worm ; try ground 

 that has been long under a different sort of crop 

 as strawberries, artichokes, rhubard, or seakale. It 

 is not probable that any remaining scent of the re- 

 moved crop offends the maggot ; but very likely it 

 is, that the foresight of the parent judged the places 

 bearing such crops unsuitable for the deposition of 

 her larvse during the previous year. Transplanting 

 may also have a good effect in saving onions from the 

 destructive maggot. With this intention, very early 

 sowing must be observed; and the roots may be 

 soaked in a solution of soot mingled with earth. By 

 sowing a small bed about midsummer, very thick, 

 and on the poorest soil, either that which is gravelly 

 or under the shade of trees, an immense number of 

 small bulbs, like beads, may be raised, and kept 

 through the winter, to be planted out in spring. It 

 is said that they grow very large and excellent 

 onions : and the method certainly ought to be tried 

 in cold and wet climates, where early sowing is im- 

 practicable. 



Parsley. That you may not be tempted to dig up 

 what you have sown, it is well to be apprised of the 

 fact that the seed of this plant will lie in the ground 

 five or six weeks before springing. The curled va- 

 riety is the prettiest for an edging in the garden, as 

 well as for a garnish upon the table ; it has also this 

 advantage, that it prevents all risk of mistaking for 

 the salutary kind, that herb called fool's parsley, which 



