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THE PRACTICAL GARDENER. 



[Jan.' 



The crops sown in October or November should now have the 

 ground carefully stirred about them, in dry weather. If the 

 weather be very severe, cover occasionally with the pea hand* 

 glass recommended in the preceding article; but if that be 

 not the case, they will be better without it. 



PLANTING GARLIC AND ROCAMBOLE. 



GarHc may still be planted, but November is the most 

 seasonable month for that purpose. In planting garlic, divide 

 the roots into parts. It will grow in any ordinary garden- 

 ground, but best in light rich soil. A small quantity will be 

 sufficient for most families. 



Rocambole may now also be planted, in every respect as 

 garlic ; but if the soil be wet and heavy, it will be better to 

 defer them both till next month 



SOWING PARSLEY. 



Parsley may be sown about the latter end of the month, 

 in rows, as an edging to an alley, or walk. It will thrive in 

 any ordinary soil, or situation ; let the drills be half an inch 

 deep, and if sown in an open space, let them be twelve or 

 fifteen inches asunder. The curled sort is the best, and less 

 likely to be mistaken for Hemlock {Conium macculattim), which 

 bears some resemblance to the common plain sort, and is a 

 deadly poison ; many lamentable instances are recorded of the 

 fatal effects of people using hemlock by mistaking it for parsley. 

 This seed remains longer in the gi'ound than that of any other 

 culinary vegetable, before the process of vegetation com- 

 mences. With the knowledge of this fact, the gardener should 

 take it into his calculation at the time of sowing his crops, for 

 without we know, with some degree of certainty, the length oi 

 time that will elapse from the sowing or planting, until the 

 a'op be fit to gather, we shall be apt to run wide of the 

 mark, in providing a regular supply, or answering the demand 

 of a particular season. To the young gardener, we cannot 

 sufficiently urge the necessity of his keeping a regular journal, 

 or day-book, not only of every sort of seed sown or root 



