Apr.] THE CULIITARY GARDEN. 1^7 



dug, make holes sufficiently large for each plant to admit of a 

 spade full or two of good rotten dung being placed in it, and 

 upon this dung set the plants, one in each hole, at the regular 

 distances. Turn them carefully out of the pots without dis- 

 turbing the balls ; if the weather be dry, settle the mould 

 about them with a gentle watering. The pots may be left by 

 their side, and if sharp frosts occur, cover the plants every 

 evening by inverting the pots over them, or shelter them by 

 placing one or two branches of spruce, or fronds of sti'ong fern, 

 round them. Remove these protections by degrees, as the 

 plants get established, and the weather becomes more settled. 



CAPE BROCCOLI. 



The cape broccoli sown in autumn, and wintered with the 

 cauliflowers, may now be planted, and treated in the same 

 manner as the cauliflower. To protect them from the cold 

 cutting winds of April, stick a few branches round each plant ; 

 this will not only break off the winds, but partially shade them 

 until they have taken root. 



SOWING BROCCOLI. 



Sow a moderate quantity of early purple broccoli, early 

 white, dwarf brown, three-headed purple broccoli, Portsmouth, 

 sulphur-colored, cauliflower broccoli, late dwarf purple broc- 

 coli, Siberian, or Danish. Sow the seeds on a rich sheltered 

 border, and cover them with mats, or long litter, if the wea- 

 ther be frosty. Should it, however, be mild and dry, give 

 plenty of water. When the plants are two or three inches 

 high, transplant them into rich beds four inches apart. Still 

 continue the use of water freely, if the weather be dry ; in 

 two or three weeks, they will be fit for a second transplanting ; 

 but should any of the sorts, or all come up weakly, leave them 

 for a longer time in the seed-bed ; from which, a part may be 

 planted out where they are to remain, in May, without being 

 transplanted at all a second time. 



