ceed the
others. The principal object with these kinds of vegetables, is to have
them fresh and young throughout the season. Choose a moist day, and an
hour before sunset plant out some savoys, cabbages, and red cabbages.
Draw the earth carefully up to their stems, and give them a few gentle
waterings.--JUNE. Transplant the cauliflowers sown in May, give them a
rich bed, and frequent waterings. Plant out thyme, and other savoury
herbs sown before, and in the same manner shade and water them. Take
advantage of cloudy weather to sow turnips; and if there be no showers,
water the ground once in two days. Sow brocoli upon a rich warm border,
and plant out celery, for blanching. This must be planted in trenches a
foot and a half deep, and the plants must be set half a foot asunder in
the rows. Endive should also be planted out for blanching, but the
plants should be set fifteen inches asunder, and at the same time some
endive seed should be sown for a second crop. Pick up snails, and in the
damp evenings kill the naked slugs.--JULY. Sow a crop of French beans to
come in late, when they will be very acceptable. Clear all the ground
from weeds, dig between the rows of beans and peas, hoe the ground about
the artichokes, and every thing of the cabbage kind. Water the crops in
dry weather, and the cucumbers more freely. Watch the melons as they
ripen, but give them very little water. Clear away the stalks of beans
and peas that have done bearing. Spinach seed will now be ready for
gathering, as also that of the Welch onion, and some others: take them
carefully off, and dry them in the shade. Take up large onions, and
spread them upon mats to dry for the winter.--AUGUST. Spinach and onions
should be sowed on rich borders, prepared for that purpose. These two
crops will live through the winter, unless very severe, and be valuable
in the spring. The second week in this month sow cabbage seed of the
early kind, and in the third week sow cauliflower seed. This will
provide plants to be nursed up under bell glasses in the winter. Some of
these may also be planted in the open ground in a well defended
situation. The last week of this month sow another crop, to supply the
place of these in case of accidents; for if the season be very severe,
they may be lost; and if very mild, they will run to seed in the spring.
These last crops must be defended by a hotbed frame, and they will stand
out and supply deficiencies. Sow cabbage lettuces, and