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THE PRACTICAL GARDENER. 



PARSLEY. 



Parsley may be sown this month, for winter and spring use, 

 this being the most natural season for sowing biennials. 



SOWING TURNIP-SEED. 



For tlic latest crop, turnips may be sown at the beginning 

 and towards the end of this month. The advantage should 

 be taken of moist weather, or the seeds will be liable to fail. 



The turnips sown last month should now be hoed and 

 (liiiined out, for which operation a dry day should be chosen. 



It is always the better practice to have them properly 

 thiimed out before they have grown too large, for which rea- 

 son, as soon as the rough leaves appear, it is time to begin to 

 thin them, as it can then be done with a greater degree of 

 regularity. Thin them to about four or six inches apart. The 

 sorts to sow at this time are the yellow Dutch and Aberdeen 

 yellow, both excellent of their kind ; a little of tlie Maltese 

 yellow may be sown, being a beautiful and excCillent small 

 root. In families, where these may be objected to, on account 

 of their color, the common round white may be substituted, 

 but it is not so good a root for keeping. 



SOWING AMERICAN CRESS. 



About the middle or latter end of the month, black American 

 cress may be sown on a warm border, or on be<ls of light dry 

 earth, in any situation that is well exposed to the sun. It 

 is very hardy, will stand the winter well, and come in for 

 use early in the spring. 



SOWING RADISHES. 



Crops for autumn supply should be sown three or four times 

 about the end of this month. A dry and rather sheltered 

 situation is to be preferred, as has been already observed in 

 the )>receding month. The quicker these plants are grown tlic 

 more lender and crisp will they prove. When stinted in 



