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P U R S L A I N. 



BOTH the green and the golden Purflain are e- 

 qually fit for uie, though the green is preferred 

 by the market-gardeners. To have it early, you may 

 few it in March, upon a moderate hot-bed ; and about 

 the end of May, tranfplant it into a rich bed in the 

 open ground ; and, as it will grow very large, give it 

 half a foot diflance, plant from plant. In May it may 

 be Town m tie open ground, and in fix weeks it will be 

 fit for ufe ; in dry weather it muft b? well watered ; be- 

 fore you fow it, water the ground well, and fow the 

 feed thin, giving it a thin covering with a rake, and in 

 dry weather he careful to water it, until the plants ap- 

 pear. Purflain makes a good pickle. 



RADISHES. 



The common forts of Radifhes arc, 



1 Early Salmon. 



2 Ricbtiiond. 



3 Sandvjicb. 



4 Short-topped early London. 



5 Black and White iS'/ii^/j ///.'. 



THE befl: of thcfe Radiflics is the fliort-topped early 

 London, as it is very hardy, and its fmall tops do 

 not prejudice any other crop with vvh.lch it may be lown. 

 They may be fown in ^January, on a wall -border, of a 

 fandy fuil, or the beginning of February, with the Cab- 

 bage or Princefs Lettuce, to have them in March ; and 

 it will be neceflary to fow tliem once every fortnight, 

 from that time until the beginning of yf/)r/7; but, ex- 

 cepting the two firft fowings, they will do better in more 

 open places. They may be fown amongft Carrots, as 

 the drawing ll-,em gives the Carrot-beds a ftirring, 



which 



