GARDENING CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER. 
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THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 
Sow angelica, dill, beans, parsnip, peas, 
radish and salads. 
Plant and Transplant borecole, brocoli, 
cabbages, cauliflower, chives, garlic, horse- 
radish, lettuce, potatoes, shallots, and all sorts 
of herbs, as balm, burnet, fennel, hyssop, mint, 
pennyroyal, rue, tansy, thyme, &c. 
Take up and store beet, carrot, cauliflower, 
Jerusalem artichokes, onions, potatoes, par- 
snips, scorzonera, salsify, and turnips. 
General Directions. — The winter operations, 
such as digging, trenching, and ridging the 
ground, may now be commenced, previous 
to which the ground must be cleared, and this 
will consist principally in taking up the 
various tubers and roots, which should be 
done in dry weather ; indeed, it should be a 
rule, that no out-door work be done in wet 
weather ; with good management this will 
never be necessary, as the cleaning, turning, 
and storing of roots, the making of stakes and 
tallies, and similar matters, will be sufficient 
occupation during wet periods. 
Angelica. — Sow (as soon as the seeds are a 
little hardened,) upon a moist soil, and cover 
slightly. 
Beans. — Plant in a warm spot, any time 
this month, in shallow drills, two and a half 
feet apart, and draw up the soil in covering 
them so as to form a small ridge. 
Beet. — Take up the roots, in doing which 
the utmost care is necessary that they are not 
bruised, neither in the lifting nor cleaning ; 
they keep best buried in dry sand, but will 
also do amongst charcoal, dryish soil, or even 
covered with straw, in a cool dark place. 
When removing the leaves, cut them off in a 
conical form, and not so close and horizontal 
as is done with turnips. 
Borecole. — Plant all that there is room for, 
and as early as possible ; run the hoe through 
amongst those planted last month, choosing a 
dry day for doing so. 
Brocoli. — Check, by laying the plants over 
on their side, with the tops northwards. The 
operation is performed thus : — take out a 
spadeful of earth on the north side of each 
plant, then put in the spade on the opposite 
side, and gently raise and press the plant 
down, using the soil taken out, the more 
effectually to keep down the stem; this opera- 
tion is very necessary in severe winters. Go 
over the whole of the early sorts and watch 
their progress, cutting the heads as soon as 
ready. 
Cabbage. — Prick out, and plant early, both 
on a south and north aspect. In severe 
weather the latter will be found the best 
situation; dust the seed bed slightly with soot 
and lime mixed. 
Cardoons. — Earth up the first dry day, 
taking care that no soil gets into the centre 
of the plant, to prevent which, it is necessary 
to tie up the plant closely with twisted hay- 
bands. 
Cauliflower. — Prick out the young plants 
