Marcu 5, 1887.] 
THE 
died by one or 
wing of summer саи may be tried оп а warm 
site in rich light so 
А SEAKALE, 
Where the supply is dependent on lifted roots for 
blanching, any that may be still in the ground had 
two liberal top-dressings of soot 
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and dug, should be allotted for some summer green 
crop. 
OUND Work. 
Let the quarters d for the main crops of 
Onions, Parsnips, Carrots, &c., have whatever top- 
dressing i is intended to be given (such as burnt ashes, 
urface p ае pens я 
may be mixed "- ا‎ with soil o 
and afterwards with a rake making all smooth as the 
h 
section should be tied up t 
ou 
sere Spring-sown plants that have been raised 
better be taken up before it starts into growth, 
dan, Some оры situati 
this, and wad кед = should be Seidel i 
re- 
es, to exclude air and light; otherwise no 
after 
measures will secure the necessary whiteness, 
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Fic. 64.—cvPnrPEDIUM CALLOSUM. (SEE Р. 314.) 
to get the ground in a fine mellow condition by 
sowing time, a good seed-bed being of the utmost 
importance. 
Autumn-sown Onions should be drawn from the 
seed-beds and transplanted into rows from 1 foot to 
15 inches asunder, and the plants — ^ 12 inches 
part; а warm situation and good rich deep sar 
should be preferred, the latter being as 
even before planting. Planting is best м 
with the spade ог trowel, by cutting to а line а 
shallow sloping trench, ico] out the roots in fan- 
shaped manner, the planta being deep enough only to 
keep them erect, pressing the soil firmly about them, 
: t in heat can be pricked off into shallow boxes bok 
ards hardened off, and prepared 
Celery.—A portion of А late Celery 
should now be lifted and oi in as n à shaded, 
cool position, for latest ks. i Tidi also 
may be treated in a ОЛДИ vn way if desired. 
and afterw 
remiss out. 
JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES, 
if not already lifted, must be attended to at once, 
and a fresh plantation made ; whole, moderate-sized 
sets should be selected for planting, in rows 3 feet 
asunder and 1 foot apart; almost any soil will 
grow them in an open, sunny situation ; preference, 
