NOV.] THE KITCHEN-GARDEN. 



or eight inches of the tops of the plants, and on the approach of 

 hard frost, additionally earthed to the very extremities of their 

 leaves ; then lay a covering of dry sandy earth on the top of each 

 bed, the whole length, so as to give it a rounding ; on this, place a 

 coat of dry straw, drawn and laid on advantageously to cast off the 

 wet, and of a sufficient thickness to effectually resist the frost; 

 after which cut a trench round the bed to carry off and prevent any 

 lodgement of water. Here you can have access to your celery, 

 and it will continue in a high state of preservation during the whole 

 winter and early spring months. 



Endive may be preserved in a frame, or cellar, as directed for 

 celery, or as recommended in page 5 10. 



Cardoons may be preserved either in sand in a cellar, or by 

 banking up a sufficiency of earth to them where they grow, and 

 covering the tops, 8cc. with straw or long litter. 



N. B. A.11 the above work must be performed in dry weather and 

 when the plants are perfectly free from wet, otherwise they will 

 be very subject to rot. 



Sowing Rhubarb, Sea-kale, and other Seeds. 



You should now sow the seeds of rhubarb, sea-kale, skirrets, 

 alesanders, dill, and any other kinds of seed that do not vegetate 

 freely if kept out of the ground till spring j sow them as directed 

 in March, and be not under the least apprehension of the frost do- 

 ing them any injury. 



Mushrooms, 



The mushroom beds must be carefully protected from wet and 

 frost, as directed in page 507, Sec. 



Winter dressing of Artichokes. 



The winter dressing of artichokes is an important operation, and 

 on it depends much oi' their future success. This should not be 

 given them as long as the weather continues mild, that they may 

 have all the advantage possible of growth, and be gradually inured 

 to the present increasing cold ; but it should not be deferred till 

 the setting in of hard frost, lest the entire work be prevented 

 thereby. 



In the first place, cut all the large leaves close to the gound, 

 leaving but the small ones which rise from the hearts of the plants ; 

 alter this, line and mark out, a trench in the middle between each 

 row, from fourteen to sixteen inches wide, presuming that the 

 rows are five feet apart, as directed under the article planting arti- 

 chokes, in page 195. Then lightly dig the surface of the beds from 

 trench to trench, burying the weeds, and as you proceed, gather 

 the earth round the crowns of the plants to the height of about bix 

 inches, placing it in gently, between the young rising leaves with- 

 out burying them entirely under it; this done dig the trenches one 



