ANSWERS TO QUERIES. 845 
Sea Kale. — The seeds should be sown in March or April ; in 
the following spring, the young plants should he taken up, and 
planted in rows four feet apart, and eighteen inches in the row ; and 
at the end of the first year after planting out, they may be forced by 
means of large pots placed over the crowns, covered with hot dung or 
leaves. 
Shallots and Garlic both require planting in drills, about fif- 
teen inches apart, and six inches in the drill, about the beginning of 
March. 
Spinach. — There are three varieties cultivated, viz. : — Prickly, 
Round Seeded, and Flanders. The Prickly is sown in autiunn to 
stand the winter, and is called Winter Spinach ; the Round Seeded, 
is sown in spring and summer, and is more tender than the other ; 
the Flanders appears to be far superior as a Winter Spinach to the 
Common Prickly, being very hardy, and produces more and finer 
leaves. 
Turnips. — The sorts mostly used in gardens are the Early Dutch, 
Early Dwarf, and Early Stone. 
Winter Greens consist of many sorts, the following may be 
onsidered the best : Green Savoy, Dwarf Savoy, Brussel Spi'outs, 
Curled Kale or German Borecole, Brown Kale or Purple Borecole, 
Colebrooke-Dale Borecole, Thousand-headed Cabbage, Chou de 
Milan, Jerusalem or Buda Kale, Egyptian Kale. The Savoys and 
late Greens may be sown about the end of March, and the strongest 
plants planted out in June and July ; the dwarf kinds may be sown 
about the middle of May, and planted out in July. 
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ANSWERS TO QUERIES ON HORTICULTURAL SUBJECTS, 
The blotching of Grapes, named by a Subscriber p. 137, may pos- 
sibly arise from the house being kept too close in the morning, du- 
ring the time of powerful sun-shine ; the berries and leaves being 
then covered by the condensed vapours which had arisen during the 
night, are very liable to be scalded. Air given early when the wea- 
ther is fine, or a judicious syringing while the grapes are immature, 
as recommended by Mr. Plant, p. 280, will in general prove a perfect 
specific. To J. D. p. 185. — The floor of the pit is that on which 
the pots (1) are seen to stand; the top of the horizontal flue (a 3) is 
the back walk ; (a 1 and 2) are in the air-chamber under the pit and 
