. Buist's garden guide and almanac. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs. 46 BUIST'S GARDEN GUIDE. of the air, protecting theni from frost rmtil the middle of Spring, when they should be planted in rows, fifteen inches apart and ten inches distant in the row. It may "be observed that good heads can only be obtained when the ground has been well worked and highly manured. To secure a good supply of Cabbage, the seed should be so wn in September, from the fifteenth to the twentieth, in Pennsylvania, In mild
. Buist's garden guide and almanac. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs. 46 BUIST'S GARDEN GUIDE. of the air, protecting theni from frost rmtil the middle of Spring, when they should be planted in rows, fifteen inches apart and ten inches distant in the row. It may "be observed that good heads can only be obtained when the ground has been well worked and highly manured. To secure a good supply of Cabbage, the seed should be so wn in September, from the fifteenth to the twentieth, in Pennsylvania, In mild climates they should be planted out late in Autumn, to remain for heading; but in cold latitudes they must be protected in beds or frames, and transplanted early in Spring The Fall and late Winter Cabbage the Seed should be sown from the middle to the end of Spring, in beds of rich earth, and transplanted in June or July during moist weather, giving them a thorough watering in time of removal. The late Spring sowings are, in many situations, destroyed by the cabbage-fly as fast as the plants appear. So many nostrums have been recommended to preserve Cabbage plants from this pest, that we have ceased to recommend any of them. The Haltica, or black-fly, which also infests the turnip crop, is checked by an application which will create a nauseous odor over the plants, such as soap-suds, tobacco-water or a sprinkling of guano, plaster or lime, early in the morning, while the dew is on them. Others adopt the method of cooping a few hens, giving their brood access among the plants, which most effectually keeps them down; but it is always the best plan to sow plenty of seed. Where there are only a few plants required, sow the seed in boxes elevated three or four feet above the ground, and they will be entirely exempt from the attacks of the fly; in such a position the plants must have a copious watering every morning until they are transplanted. Wintering" Cabbage.—In the Fall,
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