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if omitted in October, such lettuces as are designed to be wintered 
therein; this should on no account be delayed to a later period. 
On the approach of severe frost protect your lettuces on warm 
borders, &c. as directed in page 522. 
N. B. Lettuces make a most delicious boiled salad, which, in the 
estimation of most people who have tried it, is much superior to 
spinage. This observation escaped my recollection while writing 
the work of the summer months, where it might have been more 
appropriately inserted,* as then, thousands of heads start to seed and 
are totally lost, which might be profitably used in this way. They 
are generally in an excellent condition for this purpose, at anytime 
from the period of their having attained a sufficient size, till the 
hearts or centre stems have shot towards seeding six or eight 
inches high, so that when they are past use for a raw salad, they are 
yet good for a boiled one. 
Small Salading. 
Small salading of every kind will now require to be sown on a 
slight hot-bed, under the protection of frames and glasses; other- 
wise disappointment will ensue, especially if the cold sets in early. 
In mild weather admit plenty of air, to give strength to the plants. 
• ' Garlic, Rocambole, and Shallots. 
You may now plant garlic, rocambole, and shallots; the earlier 
in the month that this is done the better. When planted at this 
season in dry, light, rich ground, the roots will be much larger 
than if deferred till spring. The bulbs of the common garlic or 
Allium sativum, grow to a larger size than those of the rocambole, 
or Allium scorodoprasum, but some people conceive the latter to be 
of a better flavour. 
The true shallot, or Allium ascalonicum, is considered to possess 
the most agreeable flavour of any of that genus, and is, consequent- 
ly, highly deserving of cultivation. 
For the method of planting each of the above sorts see page 197; 
but in planting the bulbs produced on the tops of the garlic and 
rocambole stalks, observe to cover them only about two inches deep, 
as they are not so large or strong as the cloves of the roots. 
Cabbage and Cauliflower Plants. 
During the continuance of mild weather, give your cabbage and 
cauliflower plants every advantage of free air, to inure them by 
degrees to bear the cold, by taking the glasses oft' totally, in the 
warm part of the day, but be attentive to lay them on again at 
night and in wet or cold weather. On coldish days, except there 
is a cutting frosty wind, you may raise the glasses a little behind 
for the admission of air: however, if a severe frost should set in, 
in the course of the month, you must cover the beds carefully at 
night, and at other times when necessary, to protect the plants 
