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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 replanted. 
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 hefore 
the cold weather comes. 
Towards the end of the month Black Eve Marrowfat Peas can be 
planted; also, English or Windsor Beans. 
Sow Cabbage, Cauliflower, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Kale, Spi- 
nach, Mustard, Swiss Chard, Carrots, Beets, Salsify, Leek, Corn Salad, 
Parsley, Roquette, Chervil, Kohlrabi, Radish, 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 spring. It should be spaded up 
very deeply, as the size and smoothness of 28 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 Rye, 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 for 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 
