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Mons, it is said to be much easier to raise new varieties of 

 summer or autumn pears than of winter pears. Earlier pears 

 have not been obtained than the Petit muscat, Madeleine, Blan- 

 quet, Cuisse-madame, and d'Epargne; nor later ones than the 

 Bon Chretien d'hiver and the Bergamotte de la Pentecote. 

 Many early pears have a musky flavour, but not one late pear. 

 To obtain late melting pears ought to be the great object of 

 those who try to originate new sorts. In No. vi. the employ- 

 ment of rhubarb stalks for food is mentioned as something new; 

 and a paper is promised on the subject, vt^hich is given in 

 No. VII. 



A system of cropping a kitchen-garden is also given in 

 No. VII. The ground is divided into eight parts, which are 

 cropped thus : — 1 . From September till May, peas ; from May 

 till July, radishes, lettuces, spinach, cucumbers, and young 

 potatoes ; from August to November, winter turnips, carrots, or 

 cabbages, or artichokes for the following year. 2. From 

 August till May, winter carrots and cabbages, spring salads 

 transplanted in March ; in May, peas, beans, kidneybeans, 

 lentils, early potatoes, and turnips, spinach, radishes, eav\y chi- 

 cory, melons, cucumbers, and gourds; all of which leave the 

 ground free for beginning the rotation 1. in September. 3. 

 In March, cabbages, cauliflowers, radishes, turnips, spinach, 

 salads, and spring onions ; all of which will leave the ground 

 free in August to begin the rotation 2. 4. In February or 

 March, make the first spring sowings of peas and beans, and 

 the first plantation of early potatoes ; to be followed by summer 

 salading, cardoons, celery, lettuces, spinach, radishes, turnips, 

 peas, beans, potatoes, and kidneybeans. All these articles will 

 leave the ground free in March for commencing rotation 3. 

 In exposed situations, German greens and Brussels sprouts may 

 be substituted for some of the more tender articles. 5. In 

 March, plant Jerusalem artichokes and late potatoes, sowing 

 between them onion and cabbage seeds for early removal. Sow, 

 also, winter carrots, artichokes, cardoons (artichokes cultivated 

 in the same manner as cardoons, for the sake of the blanched 

 footstalks of the leaves), chicory, salsify, and scorzonera for the 

 following winter and spring ; during which they will be removed 

 in time to admit of commencing rotation 4. in February or 

 March. 6. Sow, in spring, anything which is removable by 

 August; when turnips and celery may be planted, or rotation 1. 

 commenced. The two remaining parts of the garden, 7. and 

 8., are devoted to artichokes and asparagus ; the former re- 

 maining three years, and the latter eight or ten years. We 

 have given this outline of a rotation for a Belgian kitchen-gai'den 

 chiefly with a view to stimulate some of our readers to give us 

 rotations for British gardens. 



