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any of the cos kinds, are most suitable for this purpose, they not 
being subject to spread, like the heading sorts. 
Small Sallading. 
Small sallading, such as cresses, mustard, radish, rape, and tur- 
nep, &c. should, when a constant supply is wanted, be sown onc^ 
week or fortnight, in a warm border; observing to draw some flat 
shallow drills, three inches asunder; sow the seeds therein, each 
sort separate, and cover them lightly with fine earth. 
For the particular method of sowing and treating these seeds, see 
the work of last month, page 126. 
If these young herbs, or any other of your early advancing crops, 
such as peas, beans, &c. are attacked with a hoar frost appearing on 
them in the morning, and that a sunny day is likely to follow, let 
them be watered before the sun shines on them, with spring or 
pump water, to wash and melt it off, which will prevent their 
turning black and spoiling. 
Celery. 
If celery was not sown last month, let some seed be sown the 
beginning of this, to plant out in May, &c. for an early crop; sow 
some more of the same seed about the middle, or towards the latter 
end, for a succession crop. The seed should be sown in a bed or 
border of mellow rich earth, sowing it on the surface moderately 
thick, and cover it in lightly with fine mould, not more than a 
quarter of an inch; or you may rake it in with a light and even hand. 
Water the bed frequently in dry weather. 
Let it be observed, that there are two sorts of celery; one known 
by the name of Italian or upright -celery; the other called celeriac, 
or turnep-rooted celery. The first is that which is commonly cul- 
tivated for the general crops, and of which there are several varie- 
ties, viz. common upright celery with hollow stalks, sol id- stalked cele- 
ry; red-stalked solid celery. Sec. either of which being raised from 
seed sown as above, is afterwards planted in trenches for blanching 
their stalks, which are the principal useful parts; but the celeriac is 
generally cultivated for its swelling bottom part; and being planted 
either on level ground, or in shallow drills, the roots of it swell like 
a turnep. See Jfiril^ May, June, &c. 
Broccoli. 
Sow broccoli for early crops, 8cc. to come in for use in October, 
November, and December, &.c. 
Choose seed of the early purple, and some of the cauliflower 
Ijroccoli; sow a little of each kind about the middle, or latter end of 
the month, in an open bed of rich earth, and rake them in: when the 
plants come up, manage them as directed in May, Ju7ie, and July. 
