14 GENERAL REMARKS. 



out such young plants, herbs, and cuttings, as require to be 

 screened from the intense heat of the sun. 



It may be necessary to state farther, that though shady 

 situations are useful for the purpose of raising Celery, Cab- 

 bage, and other small plants, slips, &c., in the summer season, 

 all standard trees sHoi s .ld be excluded from a Kitchen Garden 

 for the folio whig reasons : First, their roots spread so widely, 

 and imbibe bo nuich rnoisrare from the ground, that little is 

 left for the nourishment of any plant within the range of 

 their influence ; secondly, when in full leaf, they shade a 

 large space, and obstruct the free circulation of the air, so 

 essential to the well-being of all plants ; and, thirdly, the 

 droppings from trees are particularly injurious to whatever 

 vegetation they fall upon. 



Previous to entering on the work of a garden, the gar- 

 dener should lay down rules for his future government. In 

 order to this, he should provide himself with a blank book, 

 in which he should first lay out a plan of his garden, allot- 

 ting a place for all the different kinds of vegetables he intends 

 to cultivate. As he proceeds in the business of planting his 

 grounds, if he should keep an account of every thing he does 

 relative to his garden, he would soon obtain some knowledge 

 of the art. This the writer has done for more than twenty 

 years, and he flatters himself that a publication of the results 

 of his practice will be interesting and useful to his readers. 



If gardeners would accustom themselves to record the 

 dates and particulars of their transactions relative to tillage, 

 planting, &c., they would always know when to expect their 

 seed to come up, and how to regulate their crops for suc- 

 cession ; and, when it is considered that plants of the Bras- 

 sica, or Cabbage tribe, are apt to get infected at the roots, if 

 too frequently planted in the same ground, and that a rota- 

 tion of crops in general is beneficial, it will appear evident 

 that a complete register of every thing relative to culture is 

 essential to the well-being of a garden. 



One important point to be attended to, is to have a supply 



