222 The Gardener's New Director. 



S C A L L I O N. 



SEE EscALLioN, or Chives. 



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SCORZONERA. 



SEE Salsafy. 



SHALLOTS. 



SHallots are taken out of the ground in July^ as foon 

 as their blades begin to wither : their large heads are 

 beft for ufe, but for planting, take their fmallefl: fingle 

 cloves, with good bottoms for pufhing out their fibres ; 

 plant them, about the middle o^ AiiguJJ,\x\ bedsof frefh, 

 rich, fandy foil, at fix inches diftance, clove from clove ; 

 and, againil the following July, they will produce fine, 

 large heads ; obferving to lift them as foon as you per- 

 ceive the tops of their blades to turn yellow. Do not, 

 on any account, defer planting until fpring, and be fure 

 to ufe no other than fingle cloves for that purpofe 



S K I R R E T S. 



THE Skirret, which is one of the befl kitchen-gar- 

 den roots, has of late been much neglefted, from 

 the general ignorance of their cultivation. My method 

 is as follows : 



Their feed is to be fown the beginning of March, on 

 a moid rich foil, (having ridged and drefTed it fine in 

 Oulohery that the winter's froft might mould it) on beds 

 five feet broad, and in holes fix inches diftance every 

 way: in thefe I dropt three or four feeds, covered them 

 carefully, and kept them free from, weeds. When they 



come 



