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LETTUCES. 



Continue to sow and transplant lettuces of all sorts; the 

 better the ground, the more luxuriant will be their growth. 

 Sow each sort separately, and in transplanting set the plants 

 from ten to twelve inches apart, after which, water them occa- 

 ^onally till they have taken root. Repeat the sowings and 

 plantings once every fortnight, or three weeks, that a regular 

 supply may be obtained. 



RADISHES. 



Sow radishes of different sorts every week during the sum- 

 mer. They may be sown in drills between lines of peas, or 

 on spare borders where they are partially shaded. Give plenty 

 of water in dry weather : if this be not attended to, they will 

 be hard and unfit for use. Thin the crops already sown, each 

 from two to three inches apart. 



SMALL SALADING. 



Sow small salading about once every week or fortnight; the 

 sorts are cresses, mustard, rape, &c. 



Dig a bed of light mellow earth for these seeds, and rake 

 the surface fine. Draw some flat shallow drills, sow the seedi 

 therein, each kind separate, and cover them lightly with earth. 



Water them moderately, if the weather should be dry, which 

 will greatly promote their growth. If those in the open ground 

 be attacked with hoary morning frost, and a sunny day suc- 

 ceed, water the frost off before the sun shines strong upon them. 



SOWING NASTURTIUMS. 



Sow nasturtium-seed : draw a drill or di'ills, about an inch 

 deep and a yard asunder, or a single drill under any fence, &c. 

 on which to train the plants in their running growth ; sow the 

 seed moderately thin, and cover it in regularly. 



