chap. Vi.] THE KITCHEN-GARDEN. 
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each glass; the earth is then loosened, the 
plants regularly watered, and the glasses 
taken off in the middle of the day, but care¬ 
fully replaced at night. At last, towards the 
end of April, the glasses are removed alto¬ 
gether, and in May some of the plants will 
begin to make heads; but even then the care 
bestowed on them must not cease. The 
plants must be examined daily, and some of 
the leaves turned down over the flowers, to 
preserve them from the rays of the sun, which 
would turn them brown, and from the rain 
which would rot them. At length, about the 
end of May, or in June and July, the cauli¬ 
flowers are ready for the market; and little do 
the purchasers of them think of the labour and 
unremitting attention which, for so many 
months, have been required to rear them. 
A second crop, sown in February and planted 
out in April, will be ready in August; and a 
third crop, sown in May and planted out in 
July, will be in perfection about Michaelmas 
or October, and may be preserved in mild 
weather till near Christmas. 
Brocoli is generally supposed to be a 
variety of the cauliflower; but it differs 
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