132 The KiTCHEisr GARDisf^v fMiir.'- 



In taking off the ilips of thefe plants, be careful to 

 preferve fome root to each ; plant thern nine or ten inches 

 dillance from each other, in beds of rich earth. 



Sow hyflbp, thyme, favcry, and fweet-marjoram, at 

 the beginning ; but they fucceed \'ery well if fown any 

 time in this month. Thefe feeds ilioald be fown feparately 

 in fpots of rich light earth, and raked irf ; or, thefe feed's 

 may alfo be fown in fballow drills along the ed|:es of bor- 

 ders or beds, eo-Vering them in with fine earth a quarter 

 of an inch deep, when the plants will make neat and ufe- 

 ful edgings. 



Thefe plants may either remain where fown, or maybe 

 tranfplanted, for which practice they will be fit in June ; 

 but if they were to remain where fown, they Ihould at 

 the above time be thinned to five or f*x inches diiiance,' 

 and thofe which are drawn out may be planted in another 

 fpot fix inches afiinder. 



But thofe which are fown for edgings need not be' 

 thinned. 



Plant flips or cuttings of fage, hyffop, thyme, and 

 favory, any time this month. 



Thefe flips or cuttings fhould be of the lafl year's fhoots, 

 about five, fix, or feven inches long ; obferving to flip or 

 cut them off clofe to the place from whence they arife ; 

 but there are fometimes to be found fiips, or fuckers- 

 rifing from the bottom of the old plants that are often 

 furnilhed with roots ; which flips or" fuckers fhould alfo 

 be particularly chofen. 



Plant all the forts in a fhady border, five^ or fix inches 

 apart j they v^'ill take root in a fliort time, and will make 

 good plants in three or four months, if you water them 

 in dry weather ; and in September, they will be ftrong 

 and well rooted, and may then be tranfplanted at proper 

 diflaiKes in beds of rich earth. 



Rofemaryy Riie, ^c» 

 Plant flips or cuttings of rofemary, rue, wormwood, 

 and lavender j let thefe be planted in a fhady border, fix 

 inches apart ; they will take root freely, by obferving to 

 water them in dry vveather 5 they maybe tranfplanted 

 into a more open fituation about Michaelmas, when they 

 ivill be well rooted, and have got ftren^rh* 



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