1^00 THE PRACTICAL GAKDIINEK. 



47. Melon. From four to eight seeds in each pot, of No. 48 size ; or double that 

 number may be sown, if there be doubts of the goodness of the seeds. 



48. Mustard. Sow in the same proportion as for garden-cress. 



49. Njsluriium. See Indian Cress. 



50. Onion. For every forty square feet, aUow one ounce of seed. 



51. Parsley. An ounce of seed will sow a drill fifty feet long. 



52. Parsley, Hamburg. May be sown in the same proportion as the last. 



53. Parsnep. Half an ounce of seed is usually sown on a bed of one hundred 

 square feet, 



54. Peas. For the small early kinds, one pint will sow a row of twenty yards in 

 length ; for the principal sowings of large sorts, the same quantity will sow thirty - 

 three yards. 



55. Pompion. See Gourds. 



56. Potatoes. For a plot of the early and secondary crops, eight feet wide by six- 

 teen in length, planted in rows fifteen inches apart, and nine inches in the row, a 

 (juarter of a peck of roots or cuttings. For principal crops, a compartment twelve 

 feet wide by thirty-two in length, planted in rows two feet distant, and twelve inches 

 in the row, half a peck of roots will be required. 



57. Purslane. One-eighth of an ounce will sow a bed of sixteen square feet. 



58. Radish. For each sort, a bed of fifty feet square, two ounces of seed will be 

 required. 



59. Rampion. Is not much used; and as the seeds are very small, one-eighth o 

 an ounce will sow a bed of twenty square feet. 



60. Rape. Sow in rather less proportion than for garden-cress. 



61. Savory, Summer. A small paper, containing one-eighth I'f an ounce, will b 

 •uflScient for an ordinary-sized family. 



62. Salsafy. One ounce of seed is sufficient for thirty feet of drill. 



63. Scorzonera. The same as the last. 



64. Skirret. The same as the last. 



65. Savoy. The same proportion as cabbage, broccoli, &c. 



66. Sea-kale. Two ounces will sow a seed-bed of thirty-six square feet ; or, in 

 drills, the same quantity will sow forty feet in length. 



67. Spinach. Two ounces will sow a bed of one hundred and twenty square feet, 

 if sown broad-cast ; but if sown in drills, one ounce will sow the same space. 



68. Spinach, New Zealand. Thirty or forty seeds will produce enough for an 

 ordinary family. 



69. Spinach, Mountain or Orache. One ounce will sow a bed of sixty square feet. 



70. Spinach, Wild. Half an ounce will sow a bed of forty square feet, and will be 

 •ufficient for an ordinary-sized family. 



71. Succory, or Wild Endive. Sow in the same proportion as for endive. 



72. Turnip. Half an ounce will sow every hundred square feet. 



