02 Notes on Marliet-gardening and Vinc-cidture 
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lights, implements, horse, &c., had cost between 600/. and 650/. 
The courses of cropping are as follows : — 
(1.) Cabbage- and cos-lettuces, sown at the end of September, 
are pricked out in the beginning of November, covered with glass, 
and sold in February and March. Carrots are sown between the 
lettuces in January and February ; and as the lettuces are sold 
a second crop of salads is grown, and cauliflower plants are 
pricked in between the carrots. After the carrots are sold, 
corn-salad or spinach is sown, and thus ends the year under 
this course, which requires a layer of 18 inches of a mixture 
of old and green dung to be placed under the terreau, so as to 
form a mild hotbed to encourage the growth of the earlier 
crops. 
[^2.) White onions having been sown in a seed-bed in the 
beginning of August, they are pricked out in September, and 
sold in April, after which lettuces, and then early cauliflowers, 
are planted, the latter in May to be succeeded by celery, which 
had been sown in April. The celery is generally planted on 
the flat, instead of in trenches, and close together. It is blanched 
by being covered completely with a layer of straw or long 
manure ; but some gardeners, especially for the later sorts, dig 
up the plants, cut off their leaves, and put them in " by the 
heels," as we should say, in a trench, completely covering them 
with earth. 
The next garden I visited was in the occupation of M. 
Laurent, who rents 2^ acres of land, including house, &c., at 
120/. per annum. His stable-manure costs him 200/. per annum, 
under a series of contracts at rates varying l^fZ. to 2d. per horse 
per day. His plant is said to be worth 1400/., including the 
cost of a machine for warming frames with hot water instead of 
manure, for the purpose of growing early carrots, and 200/. for 
hand-glasses and lights for frames. He has three courses of 
cropping, viz. : — 
(1.) Sows turnips (Navets de Vertu, race Marteau) at the end 
of January and beginning of Febiuary. In May he plants 
melons as the turnips are sold, and then pricks in cauliflowers 
between the melons. After the melons are sold, corn-salad or 
winter spinach is sown between the cauliflowers, which are 
marketed in the autumn, and the land is cleared during the 
winter. 
(2.) Turnips or carrots are sown as in the previous course, 
but are succeeded by endive (chicory or escarole) pricked out in 
place of melons. The salads are followed by cauliflowers and 
winter salads as in course No. 1. 
(3.) Early York cabbage is planted out at the end of October, 
and amongst these cos-lettuces are pricked out. These are fol- 
