42. CREAM SAUCE (_To accompany Nos. 3 and 18_). 1 tablespoon of flour, 1 very large tablespoon of butter, 2 gills of new milk, ½ teaspoon of salt, Pepper to taste. Put ¾ of the butter in a sauce pan over the fire. As soon as it melts, add the flour; stir till blended. Be careful not to let it brown. Add the boiling milk, by degrees, to the flour and butter, stirring without ceasing. Boil 3 minutes. Remove from the fire; add salt, white pepper, and the rest of the butter; stir until the butter melts, and serve immediately. If it has to be kept, set it over a kettle of boiling water; leave the spoon in it; and every now and again stir it down or the top will form a scum. Do not let it boil after the last butter is added. Cream may be used instead of new milk. FOOTNOTES: [E] Chief Cook at the Court of Denmark. [F] Blanching anything is placing it on the fire in cold water until it boils, and after straining it off plunging it into cold water for the purpose of rendering it white. RECAPITULATION. The following recapitulation of the more important points connected with cauliflower culture will serve to fix them in mind: 1. The best localities for cauliflower growing are where the climate is cool and moist, as near some large body of water. 2. The cauliflower will stand nearly as much dry weather as ordinary crops while growing, providing it has a cool, moist time in which to head. 3. The best soil is a sandy loam, though any cool, moist, strong, fertile soil will answer. 4. While a cool, moist soil is desirable, thorough drainage is quite as essential as with any other crop. 5. An abundance of strong barn-yard or other manure is necessary, as the cauliflower is a gross feeder. 6. Deep and frequent tillage, that there may be no check in growth until the plants are nearly ready to head. 7. Tie or pin the leaves over the heads as soon as they appear, to keep them blanched and protect them from frost. 8. If any plants have failed to head on the approach of winter, remove them to a shed or cellar, and they will head there. 9. Guard against the flea beetle, cut worm, cabbage worm and cabbage maggot in the same manner as with cabbage. 10. With suitable varieties and proper care the cauliflower can generally be successfully grown wherever the cabbage thrives particularly well. GLOSSARY. BLIND.--To "go blind" is to lose the centre or growing point, and fail to head. It is generally due to climatic or insect injury. It is said to be frequently caused in the cauliflower by an insect resembling the turnip fly. Soot and lime are remedies.