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(Latter part.) — Plant tropical seeds, flower seeds, 

 melons, pumpkins, squashes, cucumbers, okras, cotton, 

 tobacco, flax, almonds, figs, raisins, dates, palmetto- 

 nuts, rape, olives, flint-corn for crop, sweet-corn for 

 domestic use. Plant fruit and other trees, and 

 oleander cuttings for hedges. Sow salsify (Tra^o- 

 pogon porrifolius.) 



Remaris. — Potatoes and onions must be all planted, 

 or no crop can be expected ; likewise sweet potatoes 

 and Indian-corn — the thin early (corn) for fodder, 

 the flint late ; if for a crop, let the hills be three 

 feet apart each way, and not more than two or three 

 grains in a hill ; it can be planted between the rows 

 of the Irish potatoes, as when the potatoes are taken 

 up it cleans and moulds the corn; all the onions 

 should be planted by the middle of the month. A 

 crop of white turnips does well in this month ; they 

 may be shipped to New York in barrels, to supply 

 that market, before their own crop comes in. Varie- 

 ties of the turnip are the early garden stone, early 

 white Dutch, large English Norfolk, long tankard, 

 or Hanover, early snowball, early red-top, strap- 

 leaved red-top, early green-top, yellow Aberdeen, 

 long white, white flat or globe, yellow Maltese, 

 yellow stone. Dale's yellow hybrid, long yellow, 

 Russia, Swedish, or Rufa boga. This is a whole- 



