556 THE KITCHEN-GARDEN. [Not. 
The green and brown curled borecole being very hardy, will re- 
quire but little protection; they may now be taken up and planted 
in a ridge tolerably close together, and during severe frost covered 
lightly with straw, this will preserve them sufficiently, and during 
winter the heads may be cut off as they are wanted for use; the 
stems if taken up and planted in rows, as early in March as the 
weather will admit, will produce abundance of the most delicious 
sprouts. 
In the southern states, and even in. warm soils and exposures in 
the middle states, borecole will stand the winter in open beds with- 
out any covering whatever. 
Cauliflowers and Broccoli. 
Your late cauliflowers, and broccoli, will now be producing their 
heads; therefore it will be necessary to break down some of the 
largest leaves over the flowers, to preserve them from the effects of 
sun, rain, and frost. 
Such plants of either sort as are not likeSy to flower before the 
commencement of severe frost, should be taken up and planted as 
recommended in the first instance for cabbages, where if well pro- 
tected from wet and frost, they will continue to produce fine flowers 
all winter. 
Or they may be planted in a dry warm cellar in the same man- 
ner as directed for cabbages, where they will also flower in winter; 
indeed I have had tolerably good flowers from strong plants hung uji 
in a damp warm cellar. 
Preserving Turneps, Carrots, Parsneps, Beets and Salsafy, $*c. 
Previous to the commencement of severe frost, you should take 
up with as little injury as possible, the roots of your turneps, car- 
rots, parsneps, beets, salsafy, scorzonera, Hamburg or large rooted 
parsley, skirrets, Jerusalem artichokes, turnep-rooted celery, and 
a sufficiency of horse-radish, for the winter consumption; cut off 
their tops and expose the roots for a few hours till sufficiently dry. 
On the surface of a very dry spot of ground in a well sheltered 
situation, lay a stratum of sand two inches thick, and on this a 
layer of roots of either sort, covering them with another layer of 
sand (the drier the better) and so continue layer about of sand and 
roots till all are laid in, giving the whole on every side a roof-like 
slope; then cover this heap or ridge all over with about two inches 
of sand, over which lay a good coat of drawn straw up and down as 
if thatching a house, in order to carry off wet, and prevent its en- 
tering the roots; then dig a wide trench round the heap and cover 
the straw with the earth so dug up, to a depth sufficient to preserve 
the roots effectually from frost. An opening may be made on the 
south side of this heap, and completely covered with bundles of straw 
so as to have access to the roots at all times, when wanted either for 
sale or use. 
Some people lay straw, or hay, between the layers of roots and 
immediately on the top of them; this I do npt approve of, as the 
