34 THE KITCHEN GARDENERr. [B. $ 



carefully covered with ftable-dung, or 

 other litter, in the early part of winter, 

 which is preferable to the njethod of dig- 

 ging out trenches, and moulding up with 

 the earth dug therefrom, as, by that mode, 

 the roots are doubly expofed. In a thou- 

 fand inftances were the whole ftockof Ar- 

 tichokes killed, by the early fetting in of 

 the fro ft in 1796, which lafted but three 

 weeks, and was far from what may be 

 teamed fevere. And many of thefe were-* 

 landed up ; but none that were well covered 

 fuffered. 



In proceeding to cover up the plants 

 with litter, &c. let the decayed ftalks, and 

 alfo the ftrong outfide leaves be removed^ 

 then lay the litter in a ridge all along on 

 the rows, of breadth fufficient to cover the 

 extremities of the roots, and to the thick-' 

 nefs of about ten or twelve inches. 



In fpring, i. e. about the firft or middle 

 of March, the "littery part of the covering 

 is to be removed, and the finall, or rotten 

 part mould be digged in, previoufly redu- 

 cing the number of plants on each ftool to 

 three or four of the ftrongeft ; as otherwife 



they 



