6i The Kitchen Garden. [Feb. 



afunder ; fow the feed very thick, and cov^^er it about a 

 quarter of an inch deep with the e.^rth ; and, if it is in- 

 tended to cover with glartes, let them be direftly put on ;, 

 and when the plants come up, give air by raifing the lights, 

 or by taking them off in fine days. 



But if the wfather ihould now prove very cold, fuch as 

 froft, fnow, or cold rains, and that a conllant fupply of 

 thefe fmall herbs are wanted, or tliat they are wanted in a . 

 hurry, or at any particular time, it will, for the greater 

 certainty of procuring them, be fcill proper, where it can 

 be obtained, to raife them in a ilir^ht hot-bed. 



Make the bed with frefh horfe-dung, about fifteen inches 

 high, fet on the frame, and cover the bed with earth, four 

 cr five inches thick. 



Sow the feed on the furface, each fort feparate ; and fift 

 as much earth over as will jult cover it; put on the lights^ 

 and when the plants appear, give plenty of air. 



About the middle of the month, if open and mild wea- 

 ther, you may begin to fow fmall fallading on warm bor- 

 ders, in the open ground; and, if the weather continuc- 

 mild, it will fucceed tolerably well without any covering. 



When thefe plants, both under cover and in the open 

 ground, begin to come up, they fometimes raife the earth: 

 in a kind of cake upon their tops, which confcquently re- 

 tards their growth ; they may be greatly alhilcd by brufhing 

 or whiiking the earth lightly with your hand, or with the 

 end of a fmall ilendcr birch broom, which will break, fe- 

 parate, and fcatter the earth ; after which the plants will 

 Ihoot freely, and rife regularly in every part. 



When thefe young plants in the open ground happen' 

 to be attacked with morning hoar froils, that if, before 

 the fun rifes upon them, you water them out of a water- 

 ing-pot with the rofe or head on, to walh off the frofty 

 rime, it will prevent them from changing black and going 

 off> and they will continue frelh and good for ufe ; but if 

 the fun firll comes and thaws them,, they generally become- 

 black, and of little worth. 



Care of Caulifconfjer-'Plants .. 



Cauliflower-plants in; frames, fhould have the free air 

 every mild day, by taking the glalies entirely off. 



About the end of the month, you may tranfplant fome 

 of the ftrongeil plants into the place where they are to re- 



main. 



