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clear of weeds, dead leaves, and from the dripping of 

 trees. 



The !<?tter end of this month, look over your plants 

 from wiiieli you intend to have feed, the approach of its 

 ripening you will know by the flalks beginninji; to grow 

 yclJow ; and in the top of the round feed-veird will ap- 

 pear a finall hole, which figns if you do not carefully at- 

 tend, the feed will be flied, but as foon as you perceive 

 thefe appearances, cut them down, keeping the tops up- 

 liglit, otherwife the feed will fall out. 



June and Jijh- Keep your plants free from vermin ; 

 at tliib feafon you are to be particularly vvatch.ful of a 

 little maggot or grub, which eats tJie leaves and fmal! 

 ihoots, and are to be found in the bodv of the plants • 

 let them enjov* fuch rains as fall, refrefning thc;m vvith 

 water when there is occafion. 



The {tftd is to be gathered as it ripens in a cry morn- 

 ing, to be laid on fheets of paper, and placed where 

 they will have three hours fun, for a month, until they 

 nre out of danger of moulding, then they are to be laid 

 in a diy place until the middle of Augujly tvhen the feeds 

 may be cleaned out. 



Augujl. You are now to cut out your plants that 

 hlowed with three or four pips, in order to fhilt them into 

 larger pots, likewise thofe that were taken off the old roots 

 the March and y^;&r/7 before; fomc of your [)lants wilJnov/ 

 want to be feparated ; th.e young heads are to be kept three 

 v/eeks longer in the fhrjde, but the firong plaiiij rnull 

 now r.avc the fun admitted to them in the frames. 

 Keep your plants clean, as fome of them will now begin 

 to blow, and fuch as do, only allow one pip to open, it 

 will be proper to nip off the flower when the (laik is fit 

 to be pulled out; and as it grows in tlie middle of the 

 plant, it haves a hole where the water lodges, which will 

 rot the plant if not prevented; to remedy this evil, yon 

 mufl: cover the plant with a glaf?;; and as fometimcs the 

 Aalk will not come out readily, but rot down, fuch mnft 

 be taken out with the point of a knife, fetting a glah 

 over It, until the hole is clofcd, which mull be care- 

 fully attended to, as plants are often rotted by ilie lodg- 

 ment of water, made where the Ilcm \j taken out, 



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