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Leeks. 



The Leek prefers a light rich soil, and an open situation. 



Well rotted stable manure should be applied to the land some months 

 before the plants are put out. 



The seeds should be sown thinly in a box, or in shallow drills in a 

 seed bed, and lightly covered with fine earth. If the plants come up 

 too thickly they should be thinned to about an inch apart. Trenches 

 1 foot wide, 9 to 12 inches deep, and about 18 inches apart, should be 

 dug and the soil taken out should be heaped up between the trenches 

 for future use. The soil in the bottom of each trench should be broken 

 up fine. When the seedlings are about as thick as a goose quill they 

 should be planted out in the trenches, allowing a space of 9 to 12 inches 

 from plant to plant. Transplanting should be done in showery wea- 

 ther, and the seedlings should not be planted deeper than they were 

 growing in the seed box or bed. As the plants increase in size they 

 should be earthed up occasionally with the soil from between the 

 trenches to make them turn white. 



Lettuce. 



The soil for Lettuce should be well manured with good rotten manure. 

 The seed should be sown in boxes, and as soon as the young plants are 

 large enough to handle, they should be thinned out. The plants re- 

 moved in thinning should be transplanted at a distance of 12 inches 

 apart in rows 15 inches apart, After transplanting it will be necessary 

 to water for some days till they get established 



The surface of the soil between the rows should be kept stirred dur- 

 ing growth, and an occasional application of weak liquid manure, when 

 the plants begin to form heads, will be beneficial. 



Bush Lima Beans. 



The soil for these should be light and open ; if stiff and wet, the seed 

 rots without germinating. 



Plant in drills 2 feet apart, and the seed about 6 inches apart in the 

 rows. Cover the seed to the depth of 1J inches. Hoe occasionally be- 

 tween the rows to kill the weeds and keep the surface of the soil open. 



Oxions. 



Onions succeed best in an open situation in a rich loam, rather light 

 than heavy. If the soil is too light, means must be taken to make it 

 firm. It should, in the first place, be dug and broken up fine, to insure 

 . an equal looseness throughout ; it should then be trodden down with 

 the feet in order to render the bed uniformly compact. 



Well-rotted stable manure, the sweepings of poultry and pigeon 

 houses, and bat manure are recommended. Sheep's dung, and well de- 

 composed night soil are likewise excellent. 



Shallow drills about 12 inches apart should be drawn, and the seeds 

 sown thinly along the drills and very lightly covered with fine soil, then 

 the whole surface should -be well trodden, and smoothed with the back 

 of a rake. The young onions should be thinned to a distance of 3 inches 

 ; when large enough to pull, and the seedlings thus removed may. he 

 transplanted, if desired. Later on a second thinning will be necessary, 

 when every second plant should be pulled, leaving a distance of 6 inches 

 : between the plants in the drills. , - 



Even to keep down weeds, deep hoeing is not advisable, as the ground 



