CULTURE OF THE CAULIFLOWER. 
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either with manured water, or not, as may he convenient; the former 
will stimulate the plants to grow finer. 
The plants raised from the second sowing, at this season, should 
he finally planted on a rich North or North-east border, where they 
will produce heads from the beginning of August. 
Final Culture of the Second Sowing .—About the end of the se¬ 
cond week in July, plant these, as recommended for the last, on an 
open quarter. Give them water as often as they require it, and they 
will begin to produce heads in October ; and, if the weather be mild, 
will continue to do so throughout November and December. 
Preserving during Winter .—There are many ways of doing this, 
a few of which we will detail 
Cut them on a fine dry day, strip off all the leaves, except those 
close to the head, and bury the heads under dry peat earth ; this plan 
answers very well, for keeping them, but they become so filled with 
dirt that they rarely or ever can be got wholly free from it again. 
Another way superior to the last, because they are not so liable to 
to he dirtied, is to put them in boxes or small barrels, and bury them 
in a stock of turf, such as is used for burning. We believe this was 
originally practised by Mr. M’c Intosh, who detailed it in the Gar¬ 
dener’s Magazine ; this system, however, has its disadvantages, for 
the close confinement of the heads in boxes or barrels gives the vege¬ 
tables an unpleasant taste. 
They also keep exceedingly well buried in sea sand, perhaps bet¬ 
ter than in any thing else yet made use of; but they are liable to the 
objections made against the first system ; namely, becoming filled with 
grit, which can scarcely ever be removed; and another obstacle pre¬ 
sents itself here, sea-sand cannot be obtained without greater expense 
in inland counties, than the value of the cauliflowers would warrant. 
A system is mentioned in the Caledonian Horticultural Transac¬ 
tions, which consists in burying the whole plants out of doors. On 
a fine day, dig a trench close under a wall, wrap the leaves well 
about the heads of the plants, and place the plants head downwards 
in the trench ; then lay the soil lightly over them, in a sloping direc¬ 
tion from the wall, and smooth off the surface with the spade, that it 
may carry off the rain. This system, however, we can say little 
about, having never tried it. 
Another plan often practiced, is to draw up the whole plants on a 
dry day, and without trimming off any leaves, hang them up by the 
heels to the roof of a dry, airy shed; the only objection to this plan, 
is, that the heads lose all that beautiful crispness, and become flabby, 
and less pleasant to the taste. 
