CH. I.] ASPARAGUS. II 



young pine-apple plants, &c. But, as 



many may not have the conveniency of a pit, 

 I {hall firft treat of the method of forcing 

 Afparagus on a dung hot-bed, and then in 

 flued pits, according to my mode of prac- 

 tice. 



Firft, let it be prefumed, that a good 

 ftock of roots, not younger than four years, 

 nor older than feven or eight, are provi- 

 ded 3 which, by being covered with litter, 

 &c. accefs may be had to, in cafe of froft, 

 at any time ; and alfo, that it is required 

 Afparagus may be on the table againft a 

 certain day, fuppofe the ift of Decem- 

 ber*. 



About the ift of November, let a fuffi- 

 cient quantity of Jt ] able-dung be thrown to- 

 gether 



* It may be new to fome, that, by cutting over all 

 the flalks of Afparagus, about the end of May, or be- 

 ginning of June, it will put forth fine grafs in A.U- 

 iumn; which, if the feafon happens to be fine, will 

 continue till the middle or latter end of November. 

 This is the reafon I have fixed on the ift of Decem- 

 ber for forced Afparagus, being required as above: 

 but 1 do not mean this to be confidered as a rule. 



Sometimes 



