[July. The Kitchen Garden. 379 



But the Bark mud be firll flirred up with a fork, to 

 the bottom ; and at the fame time obferving, that if the 

 bark is much wafted, or is become very earthy, and not 

 likely to produce a due warmth, you fhould add about 

 one third, or, at leaft, one fourth of new bark, work- 

 ing both well together ; and then let the pots be plunged 

 to their rims, and let them be placed in a regular man- 

 ner ; that is, place the largeft plants in the back row, 

 aJid fo on to the loweft in front. 



Care of Hot-houfe Plants in generaL 



. Let the general care of all the other tender cixotics of 

 the ftove or hot-houfe be continued as in the two former 

 months; giving freqaent waterings, &c. 



Continue alfo to propagate by cuttings, layers, and 

 fuckers, fuch plants as you would increafe, plunging the 

 pots thereaf in the bark- bed. 



AUGUST. 



Work to he done in theKn cn^N Garden^ 



Winter Spinach, 



NOW prepare fome good ground, where it was not 

 done lafl month, to fow a full crop of winter fpi- 

 nach ; and for early fpring fupply. 



This muft be done fome time in the firft or fecond 

 week in the month. But in poor ground, and cold fitua- 

 tions, the feed fhould be fown in ihe firft week ; but in. 

 rich, warm ground, it fhould not be fown till the fecond 

 week in the month, for if fowed much fooner in rich, 

 ground, the plants are apt both to grow too rank before 

 winter, and apt to fly up to feed early in the fpring^ 

 Choofe a piece of rich ground for this crop, that lies to- 

 lerably dry in winter, and open to the winter's fun ; let 

 this be neatly dug, and immediately fow the feed, and' 

 tread it in, and then rake thfi ground^ 



Obfetve^ 



