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and covered with 6 inches or so of soil from the | 
second trench; and so on, till the whole piece 
of ground be worked over. They are usually 
planted out at 1 foot apart each way. After 
planting, although there may be no weeds, yet 
the ground should be frequently hoed, or its 
surface otherwise stirred and kept loose. This 
greatly encourages the growth of the plants. 
Of course the ground should not be worked or 
trodden upon when it is in too moist a con- 
dition. 
THE GARDENER’S ASSISTANT. “ 
The White Paris Cos does not require tying 
up; nevertheless, like all other sorts, it is tied 
before being sent to the market, where, untied, 
Cos Lettuces would not sell so readily. The 
plants should be tied up when they are per- 
fectly dry; strips of matting are used for the 
purpose, and in applying it the leaves should be 
first gathered regularly together, but not tightly, 
and the matting then put round a little above 
the thickest part of the head. 
A succession should be sown in frames in the 
Fig. 1214.—Cabbage Lettuce—Golden Queen. 
sume manner as already described, but at an 
interval of not less than three weeks after the 
first sowing, that is, not before the lst of Novem- 
ber. If there are not at least three weeks be- 
tween the first and second sowings no succession 
will be ensured; for if the second should start 
more favourably than the first, the crop from 
both will become fit for use at nearly the same 
time. About the 5th of November will be a 
good time for the second sowing. The plants 
should be managed as directed for the previous 
sowing. 
For a third succession sow again in frames 
about the end of January, or first or second 
week in February; and a small sowing should 
be made at the end of that month in light rich 
soil in a frame placed on the ground, or the 
plants may be sheltered with hand-glasses at 
night, and also during the day, but with plenty 
of air. 
As soon in March as the ground is in good 
condition and the weather favourable, sow in 
some warm situation some of the best Cos and 
Cabbage varieties. In April the different varie- 
ties of summer Lettuces should be sown on a 
border in front of a west-aspect wall, or between 
early-dug Celery trenches, more being trans- 
planted to the same site, no other position better 
favouring the growth of extra-fine Lettuces. 
During hot dry weather, Lettuces transplant 
badly, and the late spring and summer sowings 
ought therefore to be made as much as possible 
where the plants are to remain. Sow Cos 
varieties in shallow drills drawn 1 foot apart 
and previously moistened, thinning to about 
10 inches apart, while the Cabbage varieties 
