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If the weather is not too hot and dry, Spinach should be sown ; but 

 it is useless to do so if the weather is not suitable. 



Cabbage can be sown, but it is much better to sow in August and 

 transplant during this month. 



Set out Shallots. Sorrel should be divided and rei)lanted. 



Sow Turnip-rooted Celery. 



OCTOBER. 



Artichokes should be dressed, the suckers or sprouts taken off, and 

 new plantings made. 



Onion seed can still be sown ; but it is better to get the seed into 

 the ground as soon as possible, so the plants get to be some size before 

 the cold weather comes. 



Towards the end of the month Black Eye Marrowfat Peas can be 

 l)lanted ; also, English or Windsor Beans. 



Sow Cabbage, Cauliflower, Broccoli, Brussels Sj^routs, Kale, Spi- 

 nach, Mustard, Swiss Chard, Carrots, Beets, Salsify, Leek, Corn Salad, 

 Parsley, Roquette, Chervil, Kohlrabi, Eadish, Lettuce, Endive and 

 Parsnip. Shallots from the first planting can be divided and set out 

 again. Salsify does very finely here, but is generally sown too late ; 

 this is the proper month to sow the seed. The ground should be 

 mellow and have been manured last s[)ring. It should be spaded up 

 very deeply, as the size and smoothness of the roots depend upon the 

 preparation of the soil. 



Water the Celery with soap suds, and if the season has been favor- 

 able by the end of this month, some may be earthed up. 



Sow Kye, Barley and Red Oats, Orchard Grass, Red and White 

 Clover, and Alfalfa Clover. Strawberry plants should be transplanted ; 

 they cannot be left in the same spot three or four years, as is done 

 North. The Wilson's Albany, and Longworth's Prolific, are the favorite 

 varieties for the market. 



The Wilson's Albany do not make many runners here, but they 

 form a stool, something like the plants of violets, and these stools 

 have to be taken up and divided. 



NOVEMBER. 



Continue to sow Spinach, Corn Salad, Radish, Lettuce, Mustard, 

 Roquette, Parsley, Chervil, Carrots, Salsify, Parsnips, Cress and En- 

 dive, also Turnips and Cabbage. Superior Flat Dutch and Improved 

 Drumhead, sown in this month, make fine Cabbage in the spring. 



Artichoke should be dressed, if not already done last month. 



Sow Black Eye and other late varieties of Peas. Frost does not 

 hurt them as long as they are small, and during this time of the year 

 they will grow but very slowly. English Beans can be planted ; frost 

 does not hurt them, and, if not planted soon, they will not bear much. 



Manure for hot-beds should be looked after, and ought not to be 

 over one month old. It should be thrown together in a heap, and, 

 when heated, forked over again, so the long and short manure will be 

 well mixed. The first vegetables generally sown in the hot-beds are 



