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Small Sail ad Herbs, 



Continue to fovv the feeds of fmall fallad herbs, par- 

 ticularly muftard, crefles, radifh, and rape ; as alfo lap 

 cabbage lettuce, to cut while young. 



Thefe feeds fliould now, towards the end of tliis 

 month, for the more certainty of having a conflant flip- 

 ply, be fown in frames, to' be defended occafionaliv 

 with the glafles. For that purpofe, dig a bed of rich 

 and very light earth in a warm lituation : let the bed be: 

 made the breadth and length of one of the Ihallov/cfl 

 garden frames, and it fliould front the fouth fun. Let 

 the earth of this bed be broken very fine, and raife the 

 back or north fide of it ten or twelve inches higher thrin 

 the front, fo that it lies Hoping to the fouth fun; cheu 

 rake the furface fraooth, iet on the frame, and fmk the 

 back part of it about eight or ten inches, fo that the fur- 

 face of the bed may be every where within eight or nine 

 inches of the glaffcs. 



Then draw fiat fhallow drills from the back to the 

 front of the frame, about two or three inches afunder ; 

 fow the feeds therein pretty thick, and cover them with 

 earth not more than a quarter of an inch deep, only juft 

 cover the feed : or may fmooth the furface with the back 

 of the fpade, fow the feed each fort feparate thickly all 

 over the bed, then with the fpade fmooth it down lightly 

 into the earth, and fift fine mould over it, only about 

 half a quarter of an inch thick. 



The bed mull be ftieltered every night by putting on 

 the glaffes, and alfo in the day time v/hen the weather is 

 very cold or very wet. 



NotCy Small faliad will fometimes, when the feafon is 

 mild, grow free enough all this and next month in the 

 open air, efpecially on warm fouth borders ; however, 

 where thefe herbs are conftantly wanted, it will, for the 

 greater certainty of having a proper fupply, be advife- 

 able to begin to fOw fome feed of each kind either in 

 fraxnes or under bell or hand glafies. 



Soio Radijh Seed, 



You may now fow a little fliort top radilh feed. The 

 plants raifed from this fowing will, provided the winter 

 proves any thing mild, be ready to draw fome probably 



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