132 THE KITCHEN GARDEN. [Feb. 
or if for cabbaging or heading, you may sow the white Silicia, 
grand admiral, large mogul, brown Dutch, or New Zealand lettuces, 
all of which form good hard heads; for this purpose, they must be 
sown very thin, and when arrived at a due size, be transplanted in 
rows into the different borders, &c., as directed in March, leaving 
a sufficient quantity to occupy the seed-bed, which will head earlier 
than those that shall have been transplanted. 
If these be covered at night and in very unfavourable weather, 
either with mats or boards, &c. , it will greatly forward their growth. 
But in order to have a few in a more advanced state for trans- 
planting, and also for early small sallading, you Tiiay sow any of 
the above kinds in a hot-bed, those for the latter purpose very thick, 
and for the fornier pretty thin; the cos lettuces, not growing fJat 
or in a spreading manner, are peculiarly adapted for sowing in 
hot-beds at this season; but either of the kinds may be sown, and 
with due care and proper thinning be brought to good and early 
perfection. 
Lettuces which have stood the winter closely planted in frames, 
should, about the end of this month, be thinned to about nine 
inches, or if expected to grow very large, a foot asunder; the 
plants which are drawn out may be planted into other frames, or 
into warm borders where they can be well protected vv'ith mats, or 
some suitable covering, till they are inured by degrees to bear the 
open air; but if the weather is unfavourable, and you have not 
a sufficiency of frames to receive the plants, it will be better to defer 
this work till next month, being particular to pick off all decayed 
leaves, and to stir the earth a little about the roots. 
Sowing Carrot Seed. 
When carrots are desired at an early season, some seed may be 
sown in a slight hot-bed in the beginning or middle of this month; 
make this bed two and a half feet high, put on the frame, and cover 
the bed with light dry earth six or eight inches deep; sow the 
seed thinly on the surface, and cover it about a quarter of an inch, 
with the same kind of earth; when the plants are up give them 
plenty of air, and thin them as they advance in growth; keep the 
glasses well covered at night, and in extremely severe weather, and 
in April you may expect handsome roots. 
This seed, if sown as above, towards the latter end of the month, 
will succeed very v/ell without the assistance of glass, if the bed 
is carefully covered at night, and occasionally, as the weather may 
happen to be severe, in the day time, with garden mats, &c.; you 
may also about the end of the month, sow a small quantity of car- 
rot seed, on a warm border of light, dry, rich earth, and, if the 
season proves favourable they will succeed tolerably well, and be 
fit for use at a very acceptable period: for the method of doing 
which, see March. 
Parsneps and Beets. 
Parsneps being very hardy plants, and the seeds remaining in the 
