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roots shall dictate; and the roots must be supplied with soft 

 well aerated water, as the firmness or flaccidity of the leaves 

 must determine. As little shading as possible should be given, 

 as the plants should be inured to the full sun as soon as possible ; 

 the minimum heat may be 70°, and the maximum 90°, though 

 100° would do no harm, even with the lights close, provided 

 the laps and crannies about them were closed, or with the lights 

 not closed, provided the transition were not rapid. 

 Isleworth, October 1826. 



Art. X. On the Turkey Onion. By James Alexander, late 

 Gardener at Maeslough Castle. 



I HEREWITH send you a few seeds of the new Turkish onion, 

 the first of which I received in 1834 from Mr. Wright, editor 

 of the Hereford Journal. I have grown some of the Turkey 

 onion every year since 1834. It grows considerably larger than 

 any other sort that I have seen ; I have had some of them that 

 weighed 2^ lb. each. I exhibited at the Hereford Horticultural 

 Society for several years three onions of this sort, which weighed 

 about 5 lb. 10 oz. each year ; an extra prize was awarded for them 

 every year that they were exhibited. I sow the seeds in January 

 in a hot-bed, and plant them out, if the weather is favourable, in 

 the beginning of April, on a south-east border, in drills 14 in. 

 apart, and 8 in. in the row. The ground is frequendy hoed 

 about them during the summer, and occasionally watered with 

 manured water. 



Little Chelsea, Feb. 20. 1840. 



Art. XI. On sotving the Early scarlet Horn Carrot as a main Crop; 

 and on storing it in Winter. By James Seymour, Gardener at 

 Ashridge Park. 



I make my first sowing from the 1st to the 10th of February; 

 and the second in the last week of February or the first week in 

 March. These sowings are made upon a gentle hot-bed, using 

 a dry sandy soil. I thin when very young, and keep a very 

 vigilant eye to slugs when the plants are coming up ; I have 

 always found watering occasionally with lime water to destroy 

 the slugs. I likewise make a sowing upon a south border about 

 the first week in March, to succeed those upon the hot-beds. 

 For my main crop, I sow from the 27th of March to the 10th 

 of April, in rows 1 ft. apart, and the alleys 2 ft. wide ; always 

 thinning the crop when very young to about 6 in. in the row, 

 likewise taking care to do this while it rains, if possible. If the 

 weather proves very dry, I water pretty freely. 



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