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Care must be taken to have an abundance of fibrous 
roots attached to the plants which can be accomplished by 
thoroughly saturating the plant bed with water or by lifting 
the plants with a spading fork, and it will be advisable to 
“puddle” the roots in mud of a proper consistency to stick 
well to the fibers. Use the cultivator and hoe as soon as _ pos- 
sible after planting and continue to nse them often and thor- 
oughly, for upon proper tillage of the soil much depends, and 
here it will be found advantageous to have the plants equi- 
distant that the cultivator may be used both ways. 
AFTER TREATMENT AND Marxertina. Besides the cultiva- 
ting and hoeing there is but little that can be done until the 
heads begin to form, but it will be well to watch the insects 
closely and in caseof drought and the plants show signs of be- 
coming checked, watering may be resorted to and I would ad- 
vise applying at this time guano or something of the same na- 
ture in weak solution. I am fully convinced from my own ex- 
perience that water bountifully supplied to the roots of the 
plants during a drouth will repay the labor. In some parts 
of Europe Cauliflower is grown in low mucky ground, 
which is thrown up in wide ridges on which the plants are set, 
and the water from the ditches is daily applied to the growing 
plants and the result is Cauliflower in perfection. When the 
heads have commenced to form and become large enough to be 
in the least exposed to the sun, they must be covered, which 
can be done by drawing the outer leaves together and fastening 
them at the top by means of wooden pegs or strings, or a few 
wisps of rye straw; the last named is used mostly by our 
growers. This operation must be performed in such a manner 
as not to cramp the growing head and at the same time form a 
perfect roof or cover over it to exclude the sun and light, that 
the head, or flower as it is often called, may be perfectly white 
when ready for market. When once they have begun to head 
they must be attended to every day or two and kept regularly 
tied up. Just when they will be ready for market can only be 
determined by general appearance. Inmoist and warm weath- 
er they develope very rapidly, while cool dry weather retards 
their growth. Experience will soon enable a grower to judge 
of the condition of the heads without much trouble, but the 
