12<5 AMERICAN GARDENER. 



glad to buy dock -leaves to eat ! When we talk 

 of trouble, what is trouble but labour ; and what 

 is labour but a thing to be bought ? I am suppo- 

 sing a case where a gardener is kept ; and, pray, 

 what has he else to do ? But, suppose a man to 

 be hired expressly, would he not go to the wood 

 and get the materials and make the lattice work 

 in a day ? Would it take him more than anoth- 

 er day to lay on the straw ? Here, then, are two 

 dollars ; and, supposing the straw and the stakes 

 and poles and rods to be bought, the straw would 

 be nearly as good for litter afterwards, and the 

 poles, stakes and rods would last for many years, 

 if tied up in bundles and laid safely away from 

 winter to winter. 



200. BURNET is a well known grass, or cat- 

 tle plant. It is used by some in salac s. When 

 bruised, or cut, it smells like cucumber. It is a 

 perennial, and a very poor thing. 



201. CABBAGE.The way to raise Cabbage 

 Plants in a hot-bed has been given in Paragraphs 

 77 to 96. In the open ground you may put your 

 seed rows at six inches distance, and put the 

 seeds thin in the row. As soon as up, thin the 

 plants to three inches in the row. The next 

 thing is transplanting ; and I will speak of that 

 before I speak of seasons, sorts, and preserving 

 during winter. Of the preparation and state of 

 the ground, and of the proper weather, for trans- 

 planting, I have spoken in Paragraphs 169 to 175. 

 Read those paragraphs carefully again, and bear 

 their contents in mind. But, to have fine cab- 

 bages, of am sort, the plants must be twice trans- 

 planted. First, they should be taken from the 

 seed bed (where they have been sown in drills 



