high draw the most forward, and prick them out on a bed of rich light soil in the same way as Celery, and with a little nursing these will make a first plantation.  The plants in the seed-bed should be thinned to three inches, and must have water in dry weather.  All the thinnings should be pricked out in the first instance to make them strong for planting, but the last lot may go direct to the beds to finish.

The final planting must be on rich, light, dry soil, and water given to encourage growth.  The distance for the curled varieties is a foot each way, and for the broad-leaved fifteen inches.  In taking the last lot from the seed-bed, a crop should be left untouched to mature at twelve to fifteen inches apart.  These plants will give a first and most excellent supply if carefully blanched.

If more convenient, seed may be sown where the crop is intended to stand, the plants being thinned to the distances already given.

==The blanching== is an important business, and is variously performed.  The customary mode is to tie the leaves together in the manner usual with Lettuce and mould them up.  This method answers perfectly, except in wet seasons, when, if the plants stand for some time, the outer leaves begin to rot, and the decay proceeds inwards, to the deterioration or destruction of the plant.  A clean and effective process is to cover the heart of the plant with a flower-pot.  The hole is darkened with part of a tile or slate, on which should be laid a piece of turf or a handful of mould.  A plate or clean tile placed over the centre of the plant will also blanch Endives satisfactorily in autumn.  For winter supplies, the plants may be lifted as wanted and placed in boxes or pots of soil, these being covered with other boxes or pots to exclude light.  A Mushroom-house, cellar, or under a greenhouse stage, will serve for storing the lifted plants.  The blanching must be carried on in such a way as to insure a succession without a glut at any time, for when sufficiently blanched Endive should be used, or decay will soon set in.

==Garlic==

==Allium sativura==

The mode of culture advised for Shallots will suit Garlic also, except that the latter should be planted in February about two inches beneath the surface of the soil, and the bulbs may be grown closer together, about eight or nine inches apart each way.

When large bulbs are required for exhibition or other purposes, the cloves—­as the divisions of each root are called—­should be planted separately; but for general use moderate-sized bulbs, planted whole, will produce a heavier crop.

==Gourd and Pumpkin==

(==Cucurbita==)