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species of Eucorais; and experiments with the leaves of Lache- 
nalias were equally successful. I apprehend that all liliaceous 
bulbs may be thus propagated ; but the more fleshy the leaf, 
the more easily the object will be attained. 
203 Cabbage, .Asparagus, Beans. The efforts of old stems of 
vegetables to produce young shoots, which may be useful for 
domestic purposes, are well exhibited in the following cases, 
which have been handed to us on the authority of Mr. J. Pax- 
ton. In giving a new stimulus to the roots of plants which have 
been cut down, as described in the following cases, we think that 
too much stress cannot be laid on the application of liquid 
manure; and also on keeping the surface of the earth clean, and 
fre(|uently stirred. Regarding Cabbage, the directions are, 
“ When a head has been cut, the stump, with a few young 
leaves, should remain in the ground, that a new head may 
be formed at the setting on of each leaf, for the sap in its 
progress upwards to sustain the leaf, will also support the for- 
mation of the young head. Therefore the absurd practice of 
cutting off the leaves and leaving the stumps bare, being a great 
check to vegetation, ought to be entirely abandoned. Those 
stumps which remain in the ground all the winter, will proba- 
bly produce heads earlier in the spring than the plants from 
seed sow n between tbe 20th of July and the 5th of August. 
Some of the stumps, w ith their young leaves, might be removed 
into sheds, rooms, or other covered places, at the commence- 
ment of frost, hung up by tlieir roots, and replanted in March. 
These probably will i)roduce heads still earlier than the former. 
The running to seed of cabbage plants may be checked in due 
time, by placing a small twig through the stem of each plant, to 
impede the sap.” 
204 .'Asparagus. The following are the directions for obtaining a 
second crop of Asparagus in one season. “Towards the end of 
July, especially if it be rainy weather, cut down the stalks of 
the plants, fork up the beds and rake them, if the weather be 
dry, sprinkle the beds with liquid manure, and leave them rather 
flat, instead of the usual round shape, in order that they may 
retain all the moisture. In ten or fifteen days the Asparagus 
will begin to appear. If the weather continue dry, apply liquid 
manure three times a week. By tltis method you may cut Aspa- 
ragus till the end of September. 
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