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to rear them unless you nave glass to put them under in 

 very severe weather. They should be pricked out, there- 

 fore, in such manner as to allow of frames or hand- 

 glasses being placed over them. They should not be 

 covered, however, until the weather demand it, and, in 

 the meanwhile, you should hoe nicely between them very 

 frequently, and, by that means, keep the earth as dry 

 about their stems as the season will permit. In very 

 severe weather, they must be covered j but never any 

 longer than is absolutely necessary j for, too much co- 

 vering, and too much deprivation of air, makes them 

 weak and disqualifies them for bearing. From these beds, 

 you may plant them out in rows like cabbages, only at a 

 little greater distances, and, taking care to move a little 

 earth along with them, about the middle of March -, and, 

 in those rows, give them good cultivation, and earth them 

 up in the manner directed for the broccoli. But, greater 

 pains than this is generally taken j for, in the month of 

 November, they are generally put out in clumps of three, 

 four, five, or six in a clump, and there stand the winter, 

 covered by hand-glasses, or bell-glasses, which are taken 

 off when the weather is fine, and raised up at the bottom 

 by the means of bricks, to prevent a drawing up of the 

 plants. Towards spring j that is to say, in the month of 

 March, the weakest of the plants in each clump are taken 

 up and planted elsewhere, and the glasses are continued 

 to be put over the other plants, and to be raised higher and 

 higher at the bottom according to the season and state of 

 the weather. At last, the plants become too big for the 

 glasses, and the weather too warm for any covering to be 

 required. The glasses are then wholly taken away and 

 the plants are left to produce their heads. As the dry 

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