MARCH.] THE KITCHEN-GARDEN. 



Dig one or more beds for each of the above, in an open situation. 

 Sow the seed either in shallow drills, six inches distance, and earthed 

 over half an inch ; or sown on the surface, covered from the alleys, 

 and the beds then raked : they are all to remain where sown, and the 

 plants thinned in May, to from four to six inches distance. 



Large~rooted Parsley. 



Sow the seeds of Hamburg, or large rooted parsley ; this is cul- 

 tivated for its large parsnep-like root : let the seeds be sown in an. 

 open situation, either in shallow drills, or on the surface, and raked 

 in evenly ; when the plants are two or three inches in growth, they 

 must be thinned to six inches distance, that the roots may have room 

 to swell. 



Skirrets. 



Skirret seed may be sown tolerably thin, on beds of good earth 

 and raked in ; or they may be propagated by parting their roots, and 

 planting them at six or eight inches distance. The fleshy tubers of 

 these roots, are considered very delicious. 



Solving Parsley. 



Parsley seed may be sown in a single drill along the edge of the 

 quarters, or borders of the garden : it will make a useful and also a 

 neat edging, if not suffered to grow rank, especially the curled pars- 

 ley ; or if large supplies are wanted for market, it may be sown in 

 continued rows nine inches asunder, or upon the general surface, 

 trod down, and raked in. 



Sowing Chervil and Coriander. 



Sow chervil and coriander, for soops and sallads, &c. ; draw shal- 

 low drills for these seeds eight or nine inches asunder : sow each 

 sort separate, and cover them about half an inch deep with earth. 



These herbs are all to remain where sown, and the chief culture 

 they require is to be kept clear from weeds ; but as the plants 

 soon run up for seed, you should sow a small portion every month. 



Crambe maritima^ or Sea Kale. 



The Crambe maritima, or Sea Kale, being yet very little known 

 in the United States, though a most excellent garden vegetable, and 

 highly deserving of cultivation ; it may be of importance to the 

 community, to give some account of this plant, and the most ap- 

 proved methods of cultivating it. 



This plant is found growing spontaneously, though locally, on 

 the sea-shore of the southern parts of England, as well as in simi- 

 lar places, in many other parts of Europe. 



It is of the same natural class as the cabbage, but differs from it 

 and most of the Tetradynamus plants of LINN^US, in having a round 



