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222. GARLIC K. Almost all nations excep 

 the English, the Americans, and the Preach, make 

 great and constant use of Garlick ; and, even the 

 French use it, frequently, to an extent that would 

 drive us from the table. It is propagated from 

 seed, or from offsets : and is sown, or planted, ei- 

 ther in spring or fall. For winter-use the roots 

 are taken up and kept in the dry, as onions are. 



223. GOURD. I do not know any use that it 

 is of. See Pumpkin. 



224. HOP. To range the Hop amongst the 

 Vegetables may appear odd ; but, it is a garden 



plant in America, and does give you, if you like 

 to have it, a very good dish for the table. It is 

 wanted to produce its fruit for the making of yeast, 

 or beer, or both ; and, to get goorl hops, there 

 should be some cultivation. Any bit of a root 

 will grow and become a plant. The^oung plants 

 should be planted in the fall, titree or four togeth- 

 er in a clump, or hill^amT the hills should be 

 from seven to ten feet apart. The first year of 

 planting, put fotff rods, or little poles, to each 

 hill, and let tvvb vines go up each pole, treading 

 the rest of the vines down to creep about the 

 ! ground. In a month after the vines begin to 

 ; mount the poles, cut off all the creeping vines; 

 and draw up a hill of earth against the poles all 

 round, and cover all the crowns of the plants. In 

 short, make a hill a foot high with a flattish 

 ;top, and then fork up the ground between the 

 ! hills and break it fine. When weeds begin to ap- 

 pear, hoe the ground clean ; and at the end of 

 another month draw some more earth up, and 

 make the hill bigger and higher. When the fall 

 comes, cut off the vines that have gone up the 



