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without a hot-bed ; but where there is the con- 

 venience of hot-beds in which to plunge the 

 pots of slips of tender plants, it runs them off 

 more expeditiously ; and most hot-house plants 

 in particular require that assistance. 



But many shrubby plants growing into large 

 bunches from the root of the small under- 

 shrubby kinds, as thyme, savory, hyssop, sage, 

 &C. as well as those of larger growth, as roses, 

 spiraeas, raspberries, and numerous other sorts, 

 may be slipped quite to the bottom into separate 

 plants, each furnished with roots, and planted 

 either in nursery-rows, or at once where they 

 are to remain. 



And as to the slipping of herbaceous plants, 

 various sorts multiply by the roots, 8cc. into 

 large bunches, which may be slipped into many 

 separate plants, by slipping off the increased 

 suckers or offsets of the root, and in some sorts 

 by the offsets from the sides of the head of the 

 plants, and in a few sorts by slips of their bot- 

 tom shoots, as well as of the stalks and branches 

 in plants of bushy growth ; but the greater part 

 by slipping the roots, as in many of the bulbous- 

 rooted tribe and numerous fibrous-rooted kinds 

 of plants. 



The slipping of the bulbous plants is performed 

 in sunmier when their leaves decay, the roots 

 being then taken up, slipping off all the small 

 offsets from the main bulb, which are generally 

 soon planted again in nursery-beds for a year or 

 two. See Bulbous Roots. 



In the fibrous-rooted sorts, the slipping 

 should generally be performed in the spring or 

 early part of autumn, which may be effected 

 either l)y slipping the outside offsets with roots, 

 as the plants stand in the ground ; or more ef- 

 fectually, by taking the whole bunch of plants 

 up, and slipping them into several separate ])arts, 

 each slipbeing furnished also with roots, planting 

 them, if small, in nursery-rows for a year, to 

 gain strength ; or such as are strong may be 

 planted at once where they are to remain. See 

 the Culture of the different sorts. 

 SMALLAGE. See Apium. 



SMALL SALAD HERBS, such young 

 tender heibs as are made use of through the 

 year for the purpose of furnishing salads. For 

 this use several young seedhng herbs of a warm 

 nature are in request to nnx with the larger prin- 

 cipal Salad Herbs, as lettuces, endive, and 

 celery, in order to improve their iiavour and 

 wholesome qi\ality. 



The sorts mostly in use are cresses, nuistanl, 

 radish, rape, and turnep ; also sometimes cab- 

 bage-leituce for winter and early spring use ; 

 all of w hich for this use are in perteeiion when 

 quile younir, that is, not more than a week or 

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ten or twelve days old, whilst they remain 

 mostly in the seed-leaf, being then cut up close 

 to the ground for usej for, being mostly of a 

 warm relish, in which consists their chief ex- 

 cellence for winter and spring salads, if suffered 

 to grow large, and run into the rough leaf, 

 they become of a disagreeable, strong, hot 

 taste ; but when used as above, they eat ex- 

 ceedingly tender, with an agreeable warm fla 

 vour. 



For the purpose of salading, these plants 

 may be obtained young at all times of the year, 

 in spring and summer in the open ground, and 

 in winter under the shelter of frames and glasses, 

 and occasionally on hot-beds. 



This sort of salading is procured by sowing 

 the seeds of the different plants at different times 

 throughout the whole year. 



JVhiter and Spring Culture. — In the vi-inter 

 and spring it may be raised either in hot-beds or 

 in the open borders, anil, according as it may be 

 required, early or late; but when it is required 

 as early as possible, it must be sown in hot-beds 

 under frames and lights, &c. or in a bed or bor- 

 der of natural earth inider glasses. 



The sowing should be made on hot-beds any 

 time in December, January, or February ; and 

 where a considerable supply is daily required, may 

 be continued sowing every week or fortnight in 

 hot-beds till March, or during llie cold weather, 

 for which a moderate hot-bed of dung should 

 be made for one, two, or more garden-frames, 

 but only half a yard or two feet depth of dung, 

 according to the temperature of the season, as the 

 heat is only required to bring up the plants 

 quickly, and forward them a week or two in 

 growth, placing a frame du'ectly thereon, and 

 mouldina: the bed all over with light rich earth, 

 five or six inches thick, makingthe surface level 

 and smooth ; Wiieii, if it is to be forwarded as 

 much as possible, directlv sow the seed, which 

 may be done either in drills as shallow as pos- 

 sible, about two or three inches broad, and Hat 

 at the bottom, and three inches asunder, sowing 

 the seeds of each sort separate and very thick, 

 so as almost to cover the ground, onlv just co- 

 verinij them with earth ; or, to make the most 

 of the bi-d, it may be sown all over the surfaee, 

 previously smoothing it lightly with the back ut 

 the spade, the ditlereiit sorts separately, and ail 

 very thick; and after pressing them all even and 

 lightly down with the spade, eoverinj; them very 

 thinly with earth, by sifting over as much light 

 niouid as will only just cover the stid ; and as 

 soon as the sowing is performed in either me- 

 thod, putting on the lights : the seeds soon 

 come up, as in two or three days or less, being 

 careful at this time to give vent to the steam 

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