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above the soil, repeat the operation. If the young plants are tied up 

 for a few days before being cut off, they will become blanched, and may 

 be eaten as snlad." 



Cabbage.— " Sow from August to November; if before the rains 

 cease, sow in gumlahs, and prick out the young plants in sheltered beds 

 of light rich earth ; when they have become strong and well rooted, 

 plant them out in strongly manured ground, two feet distant from each 

 other. Plant the late crops in trenches, keeping the plants well earth- 

 ed up as they grow, and give them plenty of water." 



Cauliflower. — " Sow from September to November, and prick out 

 the plants when about two inches high in light soil ; when sufficiently 

 strong, plant them in trenches two feet apart, and fill in with old ma- 

 nure. In dry situations, where the plants can be preserved during the 

 rains, sow in February or March. Cauliflowers may also be propagat- 

 ed by cuttings." The following short paper C. K. Robison, Esq. from 

 vol. 2 page 29, appears deserving of attention as it seems to afford a 

 satisfactory explanation of the unusual success which has attended all 

 attempts to raise these vegetables this season at Madras — the seed sown, 

 being the produce of Bengal hence acclimated. 



" From an experience of nine years, the duration of this Society, I 

 have found, that in order to have good and early crops of cauliflowers, 

 cabbage, peas, turnips, &c. it is absolutely necessary to sow only ac- 

 climated seeds; that is, seed which was the produce of plants raised 

 from imported European or foreign seed, sown during the previous 

 year ; and that, for the later crops, Cape of Good Hope and Van 

 Dieman's Land seed answer best. European seeds should never, in 

 my opinion, be sown before the 1st November, and the produce should 

 be chiefly reserved as acclimated seed, for the following season. 

 Hitherto, the distribution of English seeds to the members of the 

 Society has been the cause of uniform disappointment." 



Cucumber. — " Sow in rich, light soil, giving the plants plenty of room 

 to run. "When they have made four leaves, stop them, by pinching 

 off the leading bud ; they will then produce two lateral shoots, which 

 stop in a similar manner; and so continue to treat every new .formed 

 shoot, stopping it at the second or third joint. When the plants begin 

 to show fruit, stop the fruiting branches two joints before the fruit, 

 cover the ground with leaves or straw to keep the roots cool, and to 

 prevent the fruit from becoming spotted." 



It is a subject of regret in this quarter that Mr. M. has only given us 

 the Bengal names of the native vegetables introduced into his list, as 

 many of them are totally unknown on the coast. Botanical names 



