ijo. The Kitchen Garden. [Mar. 



cipal crop. The feed ihould be f own in a warm fpot of 

 rich earth ; covering it but but lightly, not more than a 

 quarter of an inch : or you may rake it in with a light 

 and even hand. Moiflen the bed with water frequently in 

 dry weather. 



Let it be obferved there are two forts of celery ; one 

 known by the name of Italian or upright celery ; the 

 other called celeriac, or turnep-rooted celery. The firfl 

 is that which i; mofl commonly cultivated, and of which 

 there are two varieties, viz. common upright celery with, 

 hollow flalks, and folid-llalked celery ; both cf which 

 being from feed as above, are afterwards generally planted 

 in trenches for blanching their ftalks, which are the prin- 

 cipal ufeful parts thereof; but the celeriac is generally 

 planted on level groundj the roots of it fwell like a 

 turnep, and is that part of the plant which is ufed. 



Small Sallading, 



Small falladi,ng, fuch as crefles, muftard, radiih, rape,. 

 and turnep, fnould, when a conflant fupply. is wanted, 

 be fown on-ce a week at leafl, in a warm border, obferving 

 to dravv fome flat fliallow drills, three inches afunder ; 

 low the feeds theiein, each fort feparate, and cover them 

 iightiy with fine earth. 



for the particular method of fowing thefe feeds, fee 

 the work of laft month ; and when the plants begin to 

 come up, ancj if the earth cake, fo as they cannot rife 

 freely, let the earth be lightly whifked with the hand, or 

 the end of a brifk broom, or with a light rake as is there 

 mentioned. 



if thefe young herbs are attacked with a hoar froft ap>. 

 pearing on them in the morning, let them be watered to 

 waili it oif before the fun comes on them, as obferved laft 

 mcnih, which will prevent their turning black and fpoil- 

 ing. 



Purjlane. 



Purflane, if required early, fliould be fown the begin- 

 ning of this month, in a hot-bed. Make the bed /light, 

 eighteen inches high will do ; put a frame on, and cover 

 the bed with earth four or five inches thick : fow the feed 

 on the furface, and cover it about a quarter of an inch with 

 light eaith. 



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