SEED-TIME AND HABVES7. 
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the cabbages will escape serious injury. 
For gardens, this is impracticable, so that 
to insure a crop, it is well to plant some 
early and close-heading varieties for the 
late crop, the early and close-heading vari¬ 
eties escaping in a great measure the rav¬ 
age s of this destructive pest. 
For the early crop the seed should be 
•own about the middle of September. Sow 
very thinly on a bed of light, rich soil. In 
about a month the plants will be large 
enough to be transplanted into cold frames 
wheie they are to remain for the winter. 
Place the lrame on a bed of light, rich earth, 
in a bheitered situ ition, and place the plants 
in it in rows two or three inches apart eacli 
w ay. YY hen established, remove the sash¬ 
es m tine weather, and give air on all suit 
able occasions. In severe weather protect 
them witn mats 01 sliutteis; Lut at all times 
keep them as cool as possible. If they 
become slightly frozen keep them from tiie 
Bun's lays, and thaw tlnm by giving abun¬ 
dant air in mild weather. 
The seed can also be sown about the mid¬ 
dle 01 March in a moderate hot-bed, and as 
soon as the plants are about six inches 
high, transplant them into a cold frame 
and tieat them precisely as advised for fall- 
sown plants. This is the method generally 
adopted, although the cold frame plants 
are the best; for they are hardier, and can 
be planted out about the middle of April, 
while the hot-Ded plants cannot be planted 
out before the 1st of May. 
For a successional crop, some of the sec¬ 
ond early varieties should be selected, and 
•own in a hot bed about the middle or end 
of March, and the young plants treated as 
advised for the early crop. For the late or 
w inter crop of cabbages, sow the seeds in 
the open air, in a bed of light, rich soil 
about the 10th of May. Sow very thinly in 
drills about eighteen inches apart, and keep 
clean and free from weeds. They can be 
planted out about the middle of July, wet 
or showery weather being chosen for the 
operation. An ounce of si ed will produce 
about 1,500 plants. The following are the 
most desirable varieties: Early Jersey 
Wakefield is the best and most profitable 
oarly variety in cultivation; the heads are 
very compact, of medium size and of a 
somewhat conical shape. 
Early York is a valuable early sort, hav¬ 
ing small, heart-shaped heads, by some 
highly prized. Large E irly York is a vari¬ 
ety of the above, having much larger heads 
and being ten or twelve days later. An 
excellent market sort, is Henderson’s Early 
summer, the earliest large headed variety 
in cultivation, and one of the best for mar¬ 
ket purposes, as it remains a long time in 
perfection after heading. Heads large and 
of a flat shape. Fottler's Early Brunswick 
is the best second-early variety, and one of 
the most certain to head. Heads compact 
and solid, often weighing from ten to 
fifteen pounds. Early Winnigstadt is a 
second early variety, having very hard, 
conical beads. It is an excellent keeper, 
and one of the best for general use. Large 
Drumhead is a late fall or winter variety, 
with a broad, flat head; an excellent keep¬ 
er, grown extensively for shipping pur¬ 
poses. Late Flat Dutch, an excellent fall 
and winter variety. The large round heads 
have a peculiar bluish-green color; an ex¬ 
cellent keeper. Marblehead Mammoth is 
the largest cabbage in cultivation; under 
good cultivation the heads will weigh from 
thirty to forty pounds each. Drumhead 
Savoy is the best of the Savoy class for a 
late Ciop; an excellent keeper. Red 
Dutch bears very hard heads of a dark red 
color. It is much esteemed for pickling; an 
excellent keeping variety. The early va¬ 
rieties should be planted eighteen inches 
apart in the row, and the second-early and 
late varieties, two feet, the rows being in 
all cases three feet apart.— C. J7, Parnell. 
DRAWBACKS. 
A slovenly dress, a shaggy pate. 
The fences down, a broken gate, 
Pigs in the garden, weeds very high,. » 
Children unwashed - no bacon to fry— 
Lots of great dogs and yawling tom cats, 
Windows repair'd with a dozen old hats. 
An empty barn—not a spear of hay 
Cows in the clover, horse run away, 
Things sold by guess without being weigh’d 
Bills coming in and taxes unpaid— 
Pipes and tobacco— whiskey-neglect, 
Drag in their train as all might expect, 
All sorts of trouble to fret away life— 
But worst of the whole an unhappy wife. 
