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THE PRACTICAL GARDENER. 



for the purpose of admitting them to be readily covered in bad 

 weather. 



In these beds some of tlie best seedling brown Dutch, or 

 common cabbage-lettuces, should be planted, at about the dis- 

 tance of seven or eight inches apart each way, and as soon as 

 the weather begins to be cold, place the frames over them and 

 cover them occasionally with the lights, or some close cover- 

 ing, when the cold is severe. 



Some of these plants will be fit for the table by the latter end 

 of December, provided that the season has not been very severe, 

 and that a proper course of management has been pursued with 

 them. In January and February they will be tolerably well 

 cabbaged, and in March will be in high perfection. 



SOWING LETTUCE FOR FRAMES. 



About the middle, or any time before the end of this month, 

 some of the ditlerent sorts of lettuce-seed should be sown for 

 the purpose of planting in frames in October, to come in use 

 in the spring and the early part of the summer. In very 

 wet weather, they should be sheltered by drawing glasses over 

 them, or any other appropriate covering ; and if those which are 

 to be transplanted now into the open borders should be destroyed, 

 those sown at this time will be ready to supply their place. 



The sorts most proper for this sowing are the Silesia and 

 brown Dutch, the latter sort in particular ; the seed should be 

 sown on a bed of rich earth, situated in a warm exposui'c. 



SMALL SALAUING. 



The different kinds of small salading should now be sown 

 every eight or ten days, the sorts principally required are mus- 

 tard, cresses, and rape. 



It will be necessary at this time to sow these seeds in a 

 warmer situation than in the preceding months, and the ground 

 prepared for them should be light and rich. 



Towards the middle of the month some of these seeds may 

 be sown on a warm border under a southern wall, or a fence 

 having a southern aspect. 



