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use, the same season; but if sown for the purpose of raising seed 
onions, or small bulbs, for planting next year, the middle of the 
month will be the proper- time, or even towards the latter end. 
Seeds for the latter purpose, should be sown pretty thick, and in 
poor gravelly ground; otherwise, they will grow too large, or run to 
tops and not bulb well. 
You may now sow a principal crop of leeks, either in drills, or as 
directed for onions in page 195; if in drills, they may be landed, as 
you do celery, when arrived at full size; or if in beds, they should 
be transplanted, in June or July, as then directed. 
Planting Seed Onions. 
All your seed onions ought to be planted, if not done in the pre- 
ceding months, as early in this as possible; for they never succeed 
so well, as by early planting. See page 197. 
Garlick, Rocambole, Shallots and Chives. 
These useful culinary and medicinal plants, if not attended to in 
the former months, should now be planted as early as possible, 
and as directed in page 198. 
Turneps. 
You may sow any time this month, a full summer crop, of the 
early Dutch, early stone, or early green turneps; they will suc- 
ceed very well, and being of a quick growth, will arrive at good 
perfection, before they are overtaken by the violent summer heats. 
Sow the seeds in open quarters or beds, after the ground has 
been well dug and sufficiently manured, tolerably thin, and as even- 
ly as possible; if the ground is dry, tread down the seed regularly, 
and rake it in with a light and even hand. 
Hoe and thin the turneps, which were sown last month, leaving 
the plants six, seven, or eight inches distant from each other, ac- 
cording to the richness of the soil. 
Salsafy. 
Salsafy, or Tragofiogon fiorrifolium^ is a plant by some highly 
valued, for its white eatable root, which grows a foot or more long, 
and in shape, like a carrot or parsnep. Some have carried their 
fondness for it so far, as to call it a vegetable oyster. Its method 
of cultivation, &c. you will find in page 198: the seed may be sown 
with good success, any time this month. 
Scorzonera, or Viper's- Grass. 
There are nineteen species of scorzonera described; but the 
Scorzonera hisfianica is that, principally, cultivated in gardens, for 
its roots; which, if sown in this month, in drills, and covered about 
