226 ON ASPARAGfS. 



and increafed gradually. If the feafon is 

 not very fevere there will be afparagus fit 

 to cut the latter end of March. 



THERE mould be a wood frame made 

 like that which fupports the tilt of a wag- 

 gon laid over, that it may be covered with 

 mats at nights and in cold wet days. 



WHEN the fires are made ftrong it mould 

 have a little water all round the fides next 

 the flues every day, and the whole bed 

 fhould be kept moderately moift. 



As the forcing will wafte the afparagus 

 much more than that which grows hi 

 common ground, thefe mould have a little 

 rotten dung laid over them every year, 

 and it would be proper to provide two fuch 

 places in order to have a conftant fupply * 

 for if it is forced every year it will not lafk 

 a long time, as the heat will force all the 

 buds to fprout ; fo that it mould have reft 

 every other year to recover ftrength. 



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