rge buttons a sowing
should be made now on the warm border. This vegetable requires a long
period of growth to attain perfection, and those who sow late rarely
obtain such fine buttons as the plant is capable of producing.

==Cabbage== may be sown in pans or boxes placed in a frame, to be planted
out in due time for summer use, and from a quick-growing variety tender
hearts may be cut almost as early as from autumn-sown plants. Where
plantations stand rather thick, draw as fast as possible from amongst
them every alternate plant, to allow the remainder ample space for
hearting. It is well to remember that the small loose hearts of immature
Cabbages make a more delicate dish than the most complete white hearts;
but when grown for market, or to meet a large demand, there must be bulk
and substance. Cabbages are in constant request to mend, and to make
stolen crops, or take the place of anything that fails past recovery.

==Capsicum and Chili== should be sown now or in March on a hot-bed, and be
potted on until the plants are fit to be placed in the greenhouse or
conservatory.

==Cauliflower.==--Another sowing should be made under glass to supply a
succession of plants.

==Corn Salad== thrives well in any soil not particularly heavy, the best
being a sandy fertile loam. Sow in drills six inches apart; keep the
hoe well at work, and when ready thin the plants out to six inches
apart. They should be eaten young.

==Couve Tronchuda== produces two distinct dishes. The top forms a Cabbage
of the most delicate flavour and colour, and furnishes the best possible
dish of greens in autumn; and the midribs of the largest leaves may be
cooked in the manner of Sea Kale, and will be found excellent. This
delicious vegetable may be secured for use in summer and autumn and far
on into the winter by successive sowings in February, March, and April;
the first sowings to be assisted with heat. The plants should be put out
as early as possible on rich soil at from two to three feet each way;
they must have plenty of water in a dry summer. The season of Portugal
Cabbage may be prolonged by taking up what plants are left before severe
frost occurs, and heeling them into a bank of dry earth in a shed or
outhouse.

==Egg Plant.==--The fruits of Egg Plants play a more important part in the
cookery of the French and Italians than with us, and they make a
delicious dish when properly cooked. Seed may be raised in heat, but
when summer comes