ON VEGETABLE CULTURE. 



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Anbury does not confine its attention to Cabbage, but attacks 

 other well-known vegetables, including Turnips and Radishes. 

 All cruciferous weeds should be burnt, as should all infected 

 Cabbage-stumps. 



Capsicums and Chilies. 



In some few gardens these are grown for exhibiting in 

 collections of vegetables, or for use in the house. If for 

 the former purpose. Bull's Nose or Elephant's Trunk are 

 the best ; if for home use or ornament, Prince of Wales, 

 Celestial Pepper, and Little Gem are beautiful varieties. The 

 seed should be sown in March in gentle heat, and the seed- 

 lings, when large enough to handle, should be potted singly 

 in small pots, using a compost of fibrous loam, with a little 

 decayed leaf-mould and silver-sand added, keeping the plants 

 in a light position and preventing insect pests by fumigating. 

 As the pots become filled with roots the plants should be 

 shifted into larger pots, using a rich and fibrous compost, and 

 always draining the pots w^ell. Towards the end of May the 

 plants will thrive very well in a cold frame, syringing them 

 well in the afternoon and closing with a nice sun-heat. When 

 they are in 6in. or yin. pots, they will not require potting 

 again, but may be fed liberally with diluted liquid manure two 

 or three times weekly. 



Carrots. 



By means of a hot-bed made up of stable litter trodden 

 firmly, the litter covered with 4in. or 5in. of fine soil, and a 

 frame placed over, fine early Carrots may be quickly obtained. 

 Sow in January French Horn, or Early Scarlet Nantes Horn, 

 over the bed, and cover very lightly with soil. In a few days 

 the seeds will germinate, and air must be carefully admitted 

 on all favourable occasions. The same varieties may be sown 

 outside in the middle of February on a warm and sheltered 

 border in drills ift. apart. As these Carrots are drawn while 

 small for flavouring, <S:c., no other thinning of the plants is 

 necessary. The ground for the main crop should have been well 

 manured for a former crop, and deeply dug during the 

 winter. Before levelling down at the end of March or early in 

 April, a dressing of ashes from a burnt rubbish-heap, or a light 

 application of soot, spread over the ground, is an advantage. 

 In the process of levelling and preparing the soil, this dressing 

 becomes thoroughly incorporated, and makes the soil better for 

 germination. The drills may be drawn ift. apart and lin. deep; 

 in these the seeds should be sown thinly, and lightly covered 

 with soil. New Intermediate and Red Elephant are good varieties. 

 In showery weather the seedlings should be thinned out to 6in. 

 apart, and when Carrots are wanted every alternate one may be 



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