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til! the beginning or middle of May, wh^n the fpiniGh 

 will be mo'.tly all gathered. 



They muil be kept clean from weeds for about a jTionth 

 or fix weeks ; after this the leaves will cover the ground, 

 and prevent the growth of weeds. 



In the autumn, after planting, that is, about Michael- 

 mas, you may begin to take up fome of the roots for ufe ; 

 but it will be advifible to let the principal part Hand to 

 have anoiher fummer'5 groVv'th, when they will be xery 

 fine and large. 



Y'/htn you take up thefe roots, it fhould be done rec^ii- 

 larly, not digging up a ftick or root here and there, as 

 we often fee pradifed in private gardens, but beginning 

 at the firil row, and proceeding from row to row, accord- 

 ding as you want them; obf;rving to throw out a trenCli 

 clofe along to the firll row of roots, and as dftQo as tlu 

 root goes, but not to loofen the bottom thereof, v/hich is 

 called the ftool. Having thus cleared the earth away quire 

 to the liool, or bottom of the roots, then with a knife, cut 

 each root off level, clofe to where it proceeds from. 



All the llools, or bottoms of the rcors mud be left in 

 the ground -uncUfturbed ; for th';fe yield a fupplv^ of fne 

 roots the fucceeding year; and when the roots aredu^uo, 

 the old fiools fiill rem.iining produce another fup^:>!y the 

 year after ; and thus, if permitted to Hand, they continue, 

 as often as the produce is gathered, to furniih a frelli fup- 

 ply the fucceeding feafo-n : and in that manner continue 

 producing a full cro:? of fine roots for r[i3.Y\Y years. 



But care mull Be taken when digging up 'the roots, al- 

 ways to clear the old ftool from all draggling or fmall roots 

 v/hatever ; and, in the fummer feafoh, to draw up all fmall 

 plants rifmg between the rov/s. 



Solving 1 urneps. 

 Sow a little early Dutch turnep-feed about the niiddle 

 or latter end of the month, in an open fpot of light 

 ground ; but as thefe early fov/ed plants v/ill foon run to . 

 feed before they attain any tolerable fize,~ Ihould fow 

 only a fmall quanti,ty at this time to come in early in 

 May, See March and April. 



PlanU7:g Liquorice. 

 Now prepare fome deep ground to plant liquorice where 

 required ; the ground ihould have three fpades depth'of 



