KITCHEN-GARDEN PLANTS. CHAP. 



for that causes side shoots to go out in search of it, and 

 thereby makes the root forked instead of straight ; and, 

 as in the case of carrots, a forked root is never considered 

 to be a good one. The ground being well and deeply 

 dug and broken, drills should be nicely made about two 

 feet apart, and the seed laid along at the depth of about 

 an inch and a half, and at about a couple of inches from 

 each other. The earth that came out of the drill should 

 be put back upon the seed, and should be pressed down 

 upon it very hard, with the head of the rake, the foot of 

 man being too rude for this purpose. When the plants 

 come up, they should be thinned to about nine inches 

 apart in the row : the ground should be nicely flat-hoed 

 and kept clean during the summer : in October the roots 

 should be taken up, the leaves cut off within a quarter of 

 an inch of the crown, the roots put to dry in the sun for 

 a week or more, and then put away in some dry place, or 

 packed in sand like carrots, for winter use. Beets may 

 be transplanted, and will, in that way, get to a very good 

 size, but they are apt to be forked. They should remain 

 in the seed bed till about the size of a radish such as we 

 eat at the table, and be put in immediately in very fine 

 earth, and they will do very well, though they will not 

 be so smooth as those that are left to stand where they 

 are sowed. 



126. BROCCOLI. There are two distinct species or 

 kinds of the broccoli 5 the purple, and the white. There 

 are, besides, a sort that is of a brimstone colour, and 

 another that is greenish 5 but these only come from a 

 mixture of the other two sorts. One of which is white, 

 or, rather, cream colour, not so white as a cauliflower ; 





