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rake them rmoot:h. The plants will come up in a month or 

 fix weeks, when they mull be kept very clean from weed^ by 

 a careful hand-weeding at different times in the fummer. 

 .If the weather be very dry when the plants firll: comer 

 up, it will be proper to lefreih them now and then with 

 water, which will forward them in their growth. 



They will be fit to plant out for good next fpring. See 

 the article o^ Planting Afparagus in this month, page 123. 



When afparagus is to be planted out for forcing, fee 

 that article in the work of February. 



Spring- drejjtng of Artichokes, 



Make a general dreiling of artichokes the beginning or 

 middle of this month. 



Where the ground has been trenched up, and laid over 

 thefe plants laft winter, to prote£l them from froll, let 

 it now be levelled dov/n, efpccially if the plants have be- 

 gun to Ihoot tolerably ftrong, otherwife defer it till next 

 month; obferving as you proceed in levelling down, to 

 dig and ioofen all the ground about the plants; at the 

 fame time examine the number of fhootsor fuckers ariling 

 on each ilool orrocit, ieleiling two or three of the (Ironge.t 

 on every flool to remain, and all above rhat number to 

 be flipped off clofe with your hand ; obferving, in per- 

 forming this work, to open the earth deep enough about 

 each flock or root, that you may readily get to flip the 

 fuperabundant fhoots off clean from the pjace from whence 

 they arife ; minding, as above, to leave two good fhoots, 

 but never more than three, upon each root or ftock, clofing- 

 the earth in again about the root, and alfo about the young 

 plants, preffing it clofe about them with your hand. 



The fhoots which are flipped oft', will do to make frefh 

 plantations, where wanted ; for artichokes are increafed 

 by planting the young fhoots, and by no other method ; 

 and this is the feafon to do it. See us below. 



Planting Artichokes.. 



Where a plantation of artichokes are intended, let them? 

 be planted as foon in the month as you can procure good 

 plants : obferving, that thofe flips or fuckers flipped off 

 in fpring-dreffmg the old plants as above direded, are Che 

 proper fets for this purpofe. 



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