031 THE PRACTICAL GARDENER. [Scpt. 



A piece of good ground should be allotted for them in a 

 well sheltered situation, which should be well dug, and divided 

 into beds of about three feet and a half or four feet wide. 



The plants must be regulai'ly pulled from the seed-bed, pre- 

 ferring those which are the most luxuriant in their growth, and 

 leaving those of lesser growth to remain a fortnight or three 

 weeks longer. 



Set the plants in longitudinal rows on the bed, about four 

 or five inches asunder, allowing about half a foot distant from 

 row to row. Close the earth well up about their stalks, leaving 

 the surface smooth and even between the plants. 



The planting being finished, give the plants a moderate 

 watering, which, if the weather be dry, should be repeated 

 three or four times for the first week or ten days, after which 

 time, the plants will have taken pretty good root. 



BROCCOLI. 



About the first or second week of this month, the last crop of 

 broccoli should be transplanted where they are intended to 

 remain to produce their heads. 



A piece of ground should be prepared for them in a warm 

 situation, and they should be planted in rows about a foot and 

 a half apart ; and about the same distance from each other in 

 the rows. 



All weeds must be destroyed which may have sprung up 

 between those rows of broccoH which were planted out in any 

 former months ; hoe the ground, and di-aw the earth up roimd 

 the stalks. 



LIFTING THE CROPS OF ONIONS. 



It is now time to take up the full crops of onions, for after 

 the middle or the end of this month, they will advance little 

 in their growth ; they must be spread thinly on the gi'ound, 

 and if the weather be rainy, it were more advisable to remove 

 them to a gravel walk, or to a space covered on purpose with 

 sand or gravel, and exposed to the full influcnee of the sun. 

 They must be turned over regularly once or twice a day, until 



