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quality, free from insects. As to sowing the seed, 

 it may be begun about the 15th of September, and 

 the plants wintered over under hand-glasses, or in 

 frames, to be set out in March, when heads will be 

 obtained in July. The plants of this sowing may 

 also be set in hot- beds in January and February, 

 but this only in default of other varieties, for they 

 will be too tall and spreading. 



"It is in February, on a bed with mild heat and 

 under glass, that I make my sowing to obtain plants 

 which are to head in August and September, and 

 which give my best returns. A final sowing may 

 be made at the end of March or beginning of April ; 

 it matures its crop in October and November. 



"My opinion of the Autumn Giant is that it is des- 

 tined to play an important part in the market- 

 gardening of the country when, probably in the 

 near future, there shall have been produced dwarf 

 varieties analogous to those which we already pos- 

 sess from other sorts." 



VEITCH'S EARLY FORCING. This variety "has 

 small compact hearts, very close and white. The 

 habit of the plant is dwarf and sturdy, and it is 

 well adapted for forcing." ( Gardening Illustrated, 

 1885, p. 427). It is favorably mentioned by several 

 writers in the Gardener's Chronicle for 1884 and 

 1885. In the Garden for 1882 Veitch's Early is 

 said to be two weeks earlier than Early London. 



