JULY.] THE GARDENER. 



loose and sufficiently watered. Examine, likewise, 

 the state of the soil with regard to moisture at the 

 depth the roots generally penetrate ; and if it be too 

 dry, a large quantity of water must be supplied. If 

 such watering be required and not now attended to, 

 it cannot be given a^fterwards when the fruit is ripen- 

 ing without spoiling the flavour : besides, nothing 

 encourages the red spider more than dryness at the 

 root. 



Kitclien Garden. — About the middle of the month 

 sow your last crops of French beans and peas ; earth 

 and stake preceding ones ; • sow winter turnips, for 

 which coal ashes or charcoal are peculiarly stimulating 

 and nourishing, with a reasonable supply of mixed 

 animal and vegetable manures well rotted. Early 

 York and Penton cabbage seeds should also be sown 

 during the month, and seed for coleworts and spring 

 greens.* This is usually a wet month with us, and 

 therefore favourable for transplanting all the varieties 

 of the cabbage tribe, which should be planted out for 

 winter and spring use, brocoli, borecole, Brussels 

 sprouts, savoys. Brocoli plants should have four feet 

 between the rows, and three from plant to plant in 

 very rich ground, for in such case the fibres push out 

 to a great extent, and the foliage becomes much ex- 

 tended. It is indeed miserable economy to crowd any 

 of those cabbage tribes which naturally grow to a large 

 size. 



With respect to the common hardy kinds — drum- 

 heads, borecole, &c. — there is no necessity for giving 

 them your best soil ; for if the ground be deeply dug 

 and fairly manured, they will succeed even in yellow 

 clay, especially if it be newly broken up. Digging 

 between the rows will cause the roots to push, and the 

 stirring of the soil frequently is a fine preparation for 



Peat ashes are an excellent manure for the seedHng beds. 



