i8o The Kitchen Garden. [Apr. 



fervice in promoting their growth ; but in doing this, let 

 care be taken that no earth is drawn into their hearts, for 

 that will do mucli mifchief to the piants. 



The hand or bell-glafTes may Hill be continued over 

 tjiefe plants on nights, and cold wet weather; but in 

 warm funny days, and when there are warm rains, let 

 them be at fuch times expofed to the free air; but when 

 the plants are confiderably advanced in growth, the glafies 

 fhould be/aifed proportionably high on props; firil draw- 

 ing a border of earth, two or three inches high, or more, 

 round each plant; then place the props upon that, andfet 

 the glafies on the props ; but towards the end of the 

 month, or beginning of next, if the plants are grown 

 confiderably large, the glafTes fhould be taken entirely away. 

 Young cauliflower plants raifed from feed fowed laft 

 month, fhould now be pricked out into nurfery-beds or in 

 hot-beds. See March. 



The cauliflower-plants which were raifed from feed 

 early this fpring, fhould be planted out for good, fome 

 of the ilrongeil, about the latter end of this month, and 

 the refl in May and Ju7ie. 



Make choice of a piece of good ground for them, in a 

 free fjtuation ; fome good rotten dung fhould be fpread 

 over the piece, and dug in. Put in the plants about two 

 feet, or thirty inches diflant from each other every way. 

 Water them im.mediately after they are planted ; and in 

 dry weather repeat the waterings frequently, till the plants 

 have taken good root. 



BroccoU, 

 Sow broccoli for a full crop to come in for winter and 

 early fpring fupply j choofe the purple fort as the hardeft 

 to ftand the winter for the general crop, and a proportion- 

 able fupply of the white or cauliflower broccoli; fow 

 them in an open fpace of light rich ground, each fort 

 feparate, and rake them in evenly ; the plants will foon 

 come up, and be fit to plant out in 'June. 



\i any early plants were raifed in the former months 

 for autumn ufe and beginning of winter, let fome of 

 them be now pricked out into nurfery-beds, to get ftrength 

 for planting out finally early in June^ &c. See that 

 article in ihe work of the laft and former months. 

 QnioHs and Leeks. 

 Onions and leeks siay be yet fown where required. 



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