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the Flower plainly appear, you muft 

 break down fome of the inner Leaves 

 over it to guard it from the Sun, 

 which would make the Flower yel- 

 low and unfightly ; and when you 

 find your Flower at its full Bignefs 

 (which you may know by its Out- 

 fide parting, as if it would run), you 

 muft then draw it out of the Ground, 

 and not cut it off, leaving the Stalk 

 in the Ground, as is by fome pra- 

 clifed : and if they are defigned for 

 prefent Ufe, you may cut them out 

 of their Leaves ; but if defign'd to 

 keep, you mould preferve their 

 Leaves about them, and put them 

 into a cool Place : the beft time for 

 pulling of them is in a Morning, be- 

 fore the Sun jiath exhaPd the Moift- 

 ure ; for Cauliflowers pulled in the 

 Heat of the Day lofe that Firmnefs 

 which they naturally have, and be- 

 come tough. 



But to return to our fecond Crop 

 (the Plants being railed and managed 

 as was directed for the early Crop, 

 until the Middle or Latter-end of 

 October)', you muft then prepare 

 fome Beds, either to be covered with 

 Glafs-frames, or arch'd over with 

 Hoops, to be covered with Mats, 

 &'c Thefe Beds fhould have fome 

 Dung laid in the Bottom, about fix 

 Inches or a Foot thick, according to 

 the Size of your Plants , for if they 

 are fmall, the Bed fhould be thicker 

 of Dung, to bring them forward, 

 and fo 'vice <verfa: this Dung fhould 

 be beat down clofe with a Fork, in 

 order to prevent the Worms from 

 rinding their Way through it ; then 

 lay fome good frefh Earth about four 

 or five Inches thick thereon, in which 

 you fhould plant your Plants about 

 two Inches and an half fquare, ob- 

 serving to fhade and water them un- 

 til they have taken frefh Root : but 

 be fure do not keep your Coverings 

 clpfe; for the Warmth of the Dung 



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will occafion a large Damp in the 

 Bed, which, if pent in, will greatly 

 injure the Plants. 



When your Plants have taken 

 Root, you muft give them as much 

 free open Air as poffible, by keeping 

 the Glaffes off in the Day-time as 

 much as the Weather will permit; 

 and in the Night, or at fuch timet 

 as the Glaffes require to be kept on, 

 raife them up with Bricks to let in 

 frefh Air, unlefs in frofty Weather ; 

 at which time the Glaffes fhould be 

 covered with Mats, Straw, or Peas- 

 haulm, l3c. but this is not to be done 

 but in very hard Frofts : you muft 

 alfo obferve to guard them againft 

 great Rains, which in Winter-time 

 are very hurtful to them ; and if the 

 under Leaves grow yellow, and de- 

 cay, be fure to pick them off ; for 

 if the Weather fhould prove very 

 bad in Winter, fo that you fhould 

 be obliged to keep them clofe co- 

 vered for two or three Days toge* 

 ther, as it fometimes happens, thefe 

 decay'd Leaves will render the in- 

 clos'd Air very noxious j and the 

 Plants, infpiring pretty much at that 

 time, are often deftroyed in vaft 

 Quantities. 



In the Beginning of February, if 

 the Weather be mild, you muft be- 

 gin to harden your Plants by de- 

 gree?, that they may be prepared 

 fbrTranfpIantation ; and theGround 

 where you intend to plant your 

 Cauliflowers out for good (which 

 fhould be quite open from Trees, 

 & c. and rather moift than dry), hav- 

 ing been well dung'd and dug, fhould 

 be fown with Radifhes a Week or 

 Fortnight before you intend to plant 

 out your Cauliflowers : the Reafon 

 why I mention the fowing of Ra- 

 difhes particularly, is this; <viz. 

 that if there are not fome Radifhes 

 ainongft them, and the Month of 

 AJay fhould prove hot and dry, as it 



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