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THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 
Have also some of the Russian, which comes 
in well in spring, and can be planted at eigh- 
teen inches or a less distance apart. 
Brussels Sprouts. — Make a good planting 
of this useful vegetable in an open part of the 
garden in rich soil. 
Cabbages. — Make another sowing ; trans- 
plant the spring sown crops sixteen inches 
asunder ; hoe and earth up previous plant- 
ings. Clear off the leaves of those which are 
cut and are to be preserved for sprouts. 
Carrots. — Put in a sowing of the Early 
Horn to draw when young, and in case the 
main crops should fail, which should now be 
finally thinned out. 
Cardoons. — Thin to one foot apart, and 
treat as celery. 
Cauliflowers. — Those sown last month 
should be pricked out ; the advanced crops 
may be watered with clear liquid manure 
with great benefit. A small sowing could 
yet be put in, and will come in about Novem- 
ber. Clear the ground as the produce is cut. 
Celery. — Continue to prick out the plants 
as recommended, and have prepared, if not 
already done, trenches for the two rows, and 
also for the five rows or more in the trench. 
If the trench be six feet or so, plant in cross 
lines, fifteen inches apart. This plan is only 
commendable when ground is scarce, and a 
large stock is required ; two rows in a trench, 
with a foot between the plants, is preferable. 
Dig well-rotted dung in the bottom, and have 
the trench about nine inches below the natural 
level when finished. The practice of divesting 
the young plants of their leaves is very objec- 
tionable: lift the plants with a ball of earth, and 
select them as nearly of a size as can be got. 
They are fond of moisture ; water copiously 
with liquid manure. Near the end of the 
month give a slight earthing up, taking a dry 
day for the work, and breaking the soil well 
at first, drawing the mould about the plant with 
the hand, then using the spade. 
Celerlac. — This turnip-rooted celery is 
treated like the preceding, excepting it re- 
quires no trench, and one earthing-up is 
sufficient. It is used in the kitchen for soups. 
Chicory, or Succory. Sow in drills a foot 
apart, and thin out to four inches ; give it a 
rich piece of ground. There is a tuberous 
rooted variety, which when dried can be 
employed as a substitute for coffee. 
Endive. — Sow now for a main crop ; the 
green curled is the best. Let the seeds be 
scattered thinly. Of those which were sown 
last month, plant out a few r , giving them a 
foot apart each way ; it facilitates bleaching 
to plant them in drills. Do not cut the leaves 
when planting as some do. The chief planting 
reserve for next month. 
Herbs. — Cut and lay them in a dry place 
just as they are coming into flower ; when a 
little dried, tie them in small bundles,' and hang 
them up in a shed or loft where there is no 
moisture. 
Kidney or French Beans. — Sow every 
fortnight, of the sorts before recommended ; 
the black speckled, and scarlet runner may be 
added ; drop them in three inches apart. 
Leeks. — Transplant still, choosing a rich 
and open place for them, in the mode, before 
treated of. 
Lettuce may be planted on celery ridges, 
where it will do well ; any spare corner should 
also be filled. 
Mushrooms. — Keep the atmosphere about the 
beds always moist; have the thermometer about 
60°, some recommend 70°, when the beds, are 
in full bearing. Make successional beds ac- 
cording to the demand. Spawn the ridged 
and framed Cucumber beds, also the Melon 
pits, when the violent heat is over : most ex- 
cellent crops are so raised. 
Mustard and Cress. — Sow every ten days 
in a shaded place, or throw a mat over it if in 
the open ground. 
Onions. — Thin out these, taking care always 
to gather those for present use which have 
the least bulb ; hoe deeply, and take up those 
now ripe which have stood all the winter. 
Parsley. — Sow again : there can scarcely 
be too much for the winter, for it is always 
much in demand. The transplanting of it is 
said to make it more curled and finer. . It is 
a good plan, when a fine sort appears, to pre- 
serve it, and save the seed. 
Parsiiipis. — Repeat the thinning, leaving 
the plants finally at nine inches apart : give 
deep hoeings. 
Peas. — Still make successional sowings, on 
a warm spot, and of the early sorts. 
Potatoes. — Have these well hoed and 
earthed up ; remove all blooms as they make 
their appearance. 
Pumpkins. — See that they are planted out 
in a sheltered situation ; peg down and regu- 
late the branches. 
Radishes, and most other Salads, should be 
sown every alternate week, or oftener, if the 
weather is dry and warm. 
Rampion. — Sow as Endive ; thin, and keep 
clear of weeds. 
Rhubarb. — As soon as the Gooseberries 
are ready for tarts, stop using the Rhubarb, as 
the longer it is gathered now, the weaker it 
becomes for the next year. 
Salads. — Sow most sorts every ten days. 
Salsify and Scorzonera. — Thin the plants 
with the hoe, which is the most expeditious 
method. 
Savoys. — A full planting may still be made, 
as before noticed. 
Spinach. — Make another sowing, unless the 
