364 THE KITCHEN GARDENER. [B. 3* 



depended on, the others frequently run- 

 ning to feed. 



In all which cafes, light rich mould is 

 to be chofen. I have found vegetable 

 mould of decayed tree-leaves, of infinite 

 advantage for the early crops i 



The manner of planting, fituation, and 

 foil, for all the crops, fhould be the fame, 

 and the following is moft approved : The 

 plants in all cafes are to be pricked out in- 

 to nurfery beds, which ftrengthens them 

 much, and makes them put forth fine young 

 fibres 3 and when they are fit for planting 

 they are to be planted in rows, twenty 

 inches afunder, and eight inches in the row, 

 acrofs trenches of eight feet wide, having 

 fpaces of four feet between them, whereon 

 to lay the mould that is dug out of them, 

 which is to be done to the depth of fix 

 inches only, this, together with the depth 

 of the foil of faid fpaces, being fufficient 

 for moulding up with. This is to be un- 

 derftood, however, of land that is at leaft 

 two feet deep, and which lies dry ; as, on 

 the contrary, the plants are to be planted 

 on the furface, and the fpaces between, are 



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