ROTATION OF CROPS. 23 



Strawberry plantations, under proper manage- 

 ment, should be renewed every four or five years ; 

 and thus likewise might an oppoi'tunity of cjjanging 

 crops be afforded. Also, by the renewal of arti- 

 choke and as])aragus ])lantations, which should be 

 clone every seven or eight years. In inanaging all 

 tlie above-named articles on a large scale, new plan- 

 tations should be made every year, to a certain ex- 

 tent, which would throw a certain proportion of 

 ground regularly into the rotation. 



fn t\\e culture of esculents, even on a small 

 ficale, a sort of rotation, though not very complete, 

 raight b-e aimed at, and would be very considerably 

 furthered by classing rertain vegetables ; as the 

 Brassica or Cabbage kinds ; the Leguminous or Pea 

 kinds ; the Tuberous or Carrot-rooted kinds ; the 

 Bulbous or Onion kinds ; and tiie lighter crops, as 

 ^Sallads and Herbs. 



But in all cases, a studied rotation is advisable, 

 and so as tJiat no crop of the same class may imme- 

 diately follow another. To facilitate this measure, 

 the kitchen ground should be divided into many 

 quarters or portions, and a journal or note-book 

 should be kept, with a reference to their numbers. 

 In this journal, wh.atever relates to their cropping, 

 manuring, trenching^ or failovring, should be re- 

 'Corded. As a specimen, which may be altered or 

 improved according to existing circumstances, I 

 filiall here give an extract from my own journal for- 

 merly kept ; wliich, as a sketch, may be useful, and, 

 as ii hint, may be followed up more fully. 



