39^ The Kitchen Garden. [Aug, 



Planting Lettuces, 



Plant out a quantity of the different forts of lettuce, 

 which were fowed laft month to fupply the table in au- 

 tumn. See September and Oilober, &c. 



Let thefe have an open free fituation, dig the ground, 

 and while frefh turned up, put in the plants diredly in 

 this hot feafon in rows, ten or twelve inches afunder, and 

 give them dire£lly a little water ; in dry weather they muft 

 be watered as occafion requires, till they have taken root* 



Fennel, Car duns, and Angelica » 



About the middle of this month, you may fow feeds of 

 fennel, carduus, and angelica. 



The feeds which are fown now, are to ralfe plants for 

 the next year's ufe; and by fowing them at this feafon, 

 they v/ill come up ftronger in the fpring. 



Ncte^ Thefe feeds will grow, if fown in the fpring fea- 

 fon, but not fo early, nor do they gene/ally come up {q 

 flrong, as the autumn-fovvn plants. 



Dejlroy Weeds, 



Take care now to deftroy weeds in every part, among 

 all the crops : let this always be done in due time, before 

 the weeds get to any great head ; and take particular care 

 that none lland to feed. 



This fliould be well obferved in every part of the 

 ground; not only among all the crops, but alfo in fuch 

 vacant pieces of ground as have been lately cleared from 

 fummer crops. 



For every weed that is fuffered to (land to fcatter its 

 feeds upon the ground, lays the foundation of hundreds 

 for the year to come ; therefore every opportunity ihould be 

 taken to deftroy them before they arrive to that maturity. 



This is eafily done if taken in time, and particularly in 

 all fuch places where there is room to bring in a hoe. 

 With a fliarp hoe, taking advantage of dry days, a per- 

 fon may foon go over a great deal of ground. 



Never faffer large weeds to lay upon any fpot of ground 

 when they have at any time been hoed down, but rake 

 them up, and alfo clear ihem away. 



Tranf plant and fo^ Endive, 



Tranfplant another parcel of endive. Choofe an open 

 fpot, and let it be properly dug ; then get fome of the 

 ftronceft plants, trim the extreme end of their roots, and 



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