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forming another kind of perpetual salad ; 
somewhat pungent, but often useful ; only re- 
quires to be sown, thinned out when up to six 
inches apart, and picked as wanted. 
Cress, Water. — This will be useless un- 
less you have running water, or at least plenty 
of water that will enable you to change it, but 
if you can command this, sow the seeds with a 
level bottom of moderate soil and nearly empty. 
As it comes up, water may be allowed to rise, 
and when once established, you may cut them 
up and plant any quantity, for they will strike 
root and grow rapidly. 6d. per packet. 
Melon. — These are luxuries ; but in warm 
countries, though they may already abound, 
some of our better sorts would be acceptable, 
such as Beechwood, "Windsor prize, Cabul, 
Duncan's green flesh, and new Egyptian, 
which may be had at Is. a packet, and a 
packet of each may not be thrown away. 
If the" place be cold, there must be the usual 
hot-bed and frame treatment ; if warm, they 
may be grown the same as cucumbers in every 
respect. 
Tomato. — In hot countries these would 
only require to be dropped into the ground a 
seed or two in a hole, at about two feet apart, 
and they would cover the ground with a mass 
of fruit. In cold places, or where the sum- 
mer is short, they should be raised in hot- 
beds, potted, and not turned out till the warm 
weather has set in ; even then there should be 
a sloping bank made, with the sides north and 
south, and the plants should be put out so as 
to trail up the south side, for it is a trailing 
plant. The fruit would be cleaner if there 
were walls or wooden frames to fasten them 
to, but there is always the ground on which 
the bank can be formed. A packet of the red 
or yellow sort can be had for 3d., and the 
sauce made from the tomato is in great repute. 
Mulberry. — The tree will be a long time in 
coming to perfection from seed, but many who 
were deterred by the distant prospect of 
advantage in sowing seeds, have stayed the 
time out at which vines, pears, plums, and 
twenty other subjects would have attained 
perfection, and sadly regretted losing the 
opportunity. Mulberry seed, the black sort, 
may be had at sixpence per packet. It re- 
quires to be sown thinly, and when up merely 
thinned a little to give room to grow. The 
first year they may be planted out a foot 
apart in a row, and the rows two feet apart, 
for growing two years ; they may then be 
placed a yard apart every way for three years 
more ; then removed again to six feet apart. 
During all this time, you must take off the 
side shoots if you want upright stems, but if 
you require bushy and short trees, let them 
alone. By moving them every two or three 
years, you hasten their fruiting, the constant 
checks being also beneficial in another respect ; 
the trees are by that proceeding completely 
prevented from throwing out their roots so 
far ; indeed, if there are long rambling roots, 
they have to be cut back from the very first 
planting. 
Nectarine, Peach, Plum, Cherrt, Pear, 
Apple, and large fruits, can be taken out ; and 
if you have not had an opportunity of saving 
pips, stones, &c. from fruit of your own choos- 
ing, you must trust to the seed shops. It is, 
however, far better to buy the fruit and know 
what you save. All these things may be 
advantageously sown where ground is cheap, 
and by the constant shifting from one place to 
another, they will much sooner bear than if 
they were kept in their original places. 
Raspberry seed may be had of almost any 
of the sorts, but even here you can only de- 
pend on what you yourself save for any par- 
ticular sort ; but as there are no very bad 
raspberries brought to market, and one sort 
is pretty nearly as good as another to seed 
from, you may get this at a seed shop if you 
have not the opportunity of saving it yourself. 
This may be sown thinly on a bed, and the 
plants allowed to grow for one season ; they 
may then be planted out three feet apart, in 
rows six feet from each other ; other crops 
can be grown between, and the raspberries may 
stand till they fruit, which will be as soon as 
the canes are strong enough ; they will all 
be quite good enough to use ; and if you find 
any better than usual, take care of the plant, 
propagate it by parting the roots, and in time 
make a plantation of it. In the mean time, 
your seedling plantation affords you plenty. 
When the leaves fall, cut off the old stems 
and leave the new ones to bear the next year; 
as soon as these have dropped their leaves, 
shorten the strongest to four or five feet ; cut 
all the weakest off close to the roots, and they 
may require stakes to tie them up to. 
Strawberry seed may be sown thinly, and 
have a year's growth, when the plants may be 
dug up, and planted out a foot apart every 
way, on beds four feet wide, with alleys be- 
tween them two feet wide ; take off all the 
runners the first two years, that the plants 
may acquire strength. 
Gooseberry and Currant seeds will suc- 
ceed well anywhere ; sow and treat as rasp- 
berries. 
Nuts of all kinds may be also taken out, 
and treated as mulberries. 
Grapes' should be treated the same as rasp- 
berries. 
All these fruit seeds may be had at about 
sixpence or a shilling per packet. The only 
things we should be very doubtful of would 
be pear and apple pips ; because the perry and 
