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they flioultl he planted into a good foil, in three rows, 

 three feet di(Unt, and two feet plant from plant : for if they 

 are planted thicker, they fpire too much : you muft 

 hillj dig, and keep them clear from weeds, and in 

 November they will fliew their heads, which, as foon 

 as tliey do, (except in very fevere frofls) they muft be cut 

 off for ufe, that their luie-fprouts may advance for the 

 fpring, when they will hold a good while. Brocoli prof- 

 pers beft in a rich loamy foil, not much expofed to the 

 fun ; but it fhould never be planted under the drop of 

 tree- The Tjtrnfp-Brocoli has nothing curious in it, 

 €>. opting that its roots are fhaped 'ike a Turnip above 

 ground, from which proceed their (hoots, and makes a 

 very odd appearance. 



The Italian Method of cultivaiiug Brocoli and Fi- 

 NOCHIA, communicated by the late Lord Bijbop oj Kil- 

 lala, to the Dublin Society. 



THE latter end of May^ or beginning of ywn^, on 

 the decreafe of the moon, prepare a bed of fine 

 rich light earth, well cleared of llones, and well dug, 

 which is to be well w^.tered the day before the feed is 

 fown, which muft be done with a light fcattering 

 hand, to leave fufficient room for the growth of the 

 young plants. Work the feed gently into the earth 

 with a fine rake, and ftick feathers or fomething over 

 the beds to preftrve them from birds ; in dry wea- 

 ther water them morning and evening for fifteen days, 

 and after that every other day for eight or ten days 

 more, and v/hen they are grown to the height of a quar- 

 ter of a yard, which will be in about fix or feven weeks, 

 they muft be taken up feparately, and tranfplanted into 

 another bed of fine irtfh earth, prepared as the former, 

 with this addition, that holes muft be made in it a- 

 bout the fi'/.e of the crown of a hat, in the form, of 

 a bafon, at a foot and a half diftance; in each hole 

 muft be fet a fingle plant, putting with it two large 

 handfuls of fiieeps-dung, filling up the hole with fine 



mould, 



