Jan.] The Kitchen Garden. ir 



the bed : then either let fliallovv flat drills be drawn from the 

 back to the front of the bed ; fovv the feeds therein each f< it 

 feparately and pretty thick, covering each fort not more than 

 a quarter of an inch deep with earth ; or if but jufl covered 

 is lufficienf, and the plants will rife more expeditious and 

 regular : or the feed may be fown all over the furface of the 

 bed; each fort feparate, and covered by fifting as much 

 light earth over as will ju If cover it, as above obferved ; 

 and direftly put on the glailes : or, in want of frames and 

 lights, may ufc hand-glalles, or a covering of mats every 

 night and bad weather, fupported acrofs the bed. 



As foon as the plants appear, give them air plentifully, by 

 raifujgthe glalTes on props ; otherwife they will mould or 

 fog, and fp^il as fail as they come up. 



if you have not hot dung to fpare to make hot-beds for 

 this ufe, let a warm border, near or under a fouth wall, or 

 other fence, be laid Uoping to the fun ; obferving to raife 

 the border a foot higher on the north lide, than is in front. 

 Set a frame thereon, fmking" the back part, &c. in the 

 ground, fo as to have the whole furface of the earth within 

 fix inches of the glalfes ; fow the fallading, put en the 

 glafies, and you need not fear fuccefs, except in very fe- 

 vcre frofty weather, when a hot-bed mufl: neccflarlly be 

 made to raife thefe iinall herbs where ccnliantly warned. 



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Make a fmall hot-bed for fome mint, to come in early in 

 the fpring. A bed for a one-light box will be fufficicnt for 

 a fniddling family, but if for a large family, or for marker, 

 let the hot-bed be larger in proponion, making it near tvva 

 feet thick of dung; if you have no frame to fpare, fix fome 

 hoops a-crofs the bed, in order to cover it occalionally with 

 mats. 



Lay about four or five inches depth of earth on the bed, 

 then get fome. roots of comm-on fpear-mint, and place them 

 upon the furface, pretty thick, and cover them with earth 

 about an inch and a half deep ; or may place the roots in 

 drills, and draw the earth over them. 



The mint will appear in about a week or fortnight, and 

 will be in fine order for mint fauce, &c. and eiiher to ufe 

 alone as a fallad, or to mix among other fmall herbs. 



Sow fome parfley-feed, if open weather, about the mid- 

 dle, or towards the latter end of this mcnch, 



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