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firm by frequent use of the roller. The month chosen should be showery, and 

 artificial watering therefore unnecessary. Early cutting greatly benefits the 

 grasses as it encourages the roots to tiller out. For the first few times a scythe 

 should be used and then the mowing machine. Roll and mow, roll and mow, and a 

 fine sward will be obtained. Constant mowing checks weeds, but any that may 

 spring up should be rooted up. 



Vegetable Garden.— Cabbage, Brassica oleracea, L. native of Europe and 

 belonging to the natural order Crueiferce, is the commonest English vegetable 

 cultivated in the hills, and may be grown all the year round, but unfortunately 

 results are now disheartening in the majority of the gardens on account of 

 the prevalence of "Club Root," which often destroys more than fifty per cent, 

 of the crop, and I would draw attention to the notes by the Government 

 Mycologist on this subject which appeared in the January number of this 

 Magazine. In some gardens this plague is happily unknown, and where this is 

 the case every attempt should be made to keep it away by good cultivation 

 of the soil, i.e., deep digging, liberal applications of manure and lime, changing 

 the crops to different spots as much as possible, and by avoidiug the fatal step 

 of getting young plants from a garden where it is known to exist. If it makes 

 its appearance the best plan is to pull up and burn the plants, lime the land, 

 and grow no more cabbages, turnips, &c, on the infected spot for several years. 

 The use of a crueifer as a "trap crop" is given in the notes above referred to 

 by the Government Mycologist. For general purposes ordinary soil with manure 

 well worked in will grow good cabbages, but it can scarcely be made too rich 

 for any of the cabbageworts. Sow the seeds monthly in a prepared bed and 

 prick out as soon as possible, and when they begin to overcrowd each other lift 

 carefully with a ball of earth attached to the roots and plant out in their intended 

 situations. The distances at which they should be planted depends on the kind : 

 for the smaller sorts one foot apart in rows fifteen inches apart will suffice, and 

 for the larger two feet each way. Hoe the ground frequently. Liquid manure 

 will greatly help the plants. The following good kinds are taken from Messrs. 

 Sutton & Sons' catalogue: — "All Heart," "Imperial," "Summer Drumhead," and 

 " Flower of Spring." 



