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SEPTEMBER. 



PLANTING ENDIVE. 



A small portion of the endive which was sown in August 

 may now be planted out for a late crop. A warm border, or 

 a sheltered situation, should be chosen for the plants ; the soil 

 should be light, and with these advantages, this crop will have 

 a good chance of standini? durinc^ the winter. Attend to the 

 directions given in June and July for the advancing crops. 



The leaves of the early sown endive may be tied up to 

 blanch, observing to perform this operation in dry weather. 

 Choose the largest full-sized plants of luxuriant gi'owth and 

 foil in the heart. The leaves must be gathered up evenly with 

 the hand, and tied a little above the middle of each plant with 

 some bass or a small osier twij?. 



BLANCHING AND PLANTING LATE CROPS OF CELERY. 



The crops of celery as they advance should be earthed up as 

 previously noticed. As the goodness of this crop depends on 

 the attention paid to this part of their culture, it would be 

 needless to mention, that the oftencr that they are moulded up, 

 the finer and more luxuriant will be the produce. 



Crops to come in daring the latter end of winter and in 

 spring should still be planted, the latter of which sJiould be 

 set out in single trenches, as being more readily covered during 

 severe frosts, and the plants will be less exposed to damp 

 during the autumn, and consequently the process of earthing 

 them up will be more readily accomplished. 



EAIITIIING UP CARDOONS. 



By the end of this month cardoons will have attained a con- 

 siderable height ; the blanching of them should be proceeded 

 in accordingly. 



