KITCHEN-GARDENING. 17 



Potatoes, etc., and afterwards for culinary vegetables m gene 

 ral. 



The following rules are subjoined for further government : 



Fibrous-rooted plants may be alternated with tap or tuberous- 

 rooted, and vice versa. 



Plants which produce luxuriant tops, so as to shade the 

 land, should be succeeded by such as yield small tops or nar 

 row leaves. 



Those which, during their growth, require the operation of 

 stirring the earth, should precede such as do not require 

 cultivation. 



Ground which has been occupied by Artichokes, Asparagus, 

 Rhubarb, Sea Kale, or such other crops as remain long on a 

 given spot, should be subjected to a regular rotation of crops 

 for at least as long a period as it remained under such perma 

 nent crops. Hence in all gardens judiciously managed, the 

 Strawberry-bed is changed every three or four years, till it has 

 gone the circuit of all the compartments ; and Asparagus-beds 

 should be renewed, on the same principle, as often as they fail 

 to produce luxuriantly. Indeed, no two crops should be 

 allowed to ripen their seed in succession in the same soil, if it 

 can be avoided ; because, if its fertility be not exhausted by 

 such crops, weeds will accumulate more than on beds frequently 

 cultivated. 



SEED AND SEEDING. 



I am an advocate for early sowing and planting, even at the 

 risk of losing a little seed, provided the ground be fit to receive 

 it. Some gardeners, as well as some writers, recommend cer 

 tain fixed days for sowing and planting particular kinds of 

 seed ; I think it necessary to guard my readers against being 

 misled. The failure of crops may be often attributed to the 

 observance of certain days for sowing. If some kinds of seed 

 be sown when the ground is wet and cold, they will become 

 chilled in the ground, and seldom vegetate. If they be sown 

 in very dry weather, the germinative parts of the seed may 

 become injured by the burning rays of the sun, or the young 



