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proves any thin^ mild, there will be a chance of having 

 ibme early fuccefs in fpring. 



Ojiions. 



Take care now of the fpring oniftns ; where weeds ap- 

 pear, let them be picked out with care. 



Let this be done in due time before the weeds fpread, 

 as they would now foon greatly prejudice thefe fmall 

 young plants, efpccially chickweed and other creeping 

 weeds, which often prevail at this feafon, and foon fpread 

 over the furface. 



Hot-beds to raife Afparagus. 



Now is a proper time to begin to make hot-beds to 

 force afparagus, if not done lafl: month : the method of 

 making and managing thefe beds may be feen in the 

 work of the Kitchen Garden in February and December. 



Many of the kitchen gardeners about London begin 

 to make afparagus hot-beds about the middle or latter 

 end of September, or early in Oftober, in order to have 

 afparagus fit to gather by Lord Mayor's Day, which al- 

 ways happens the fecond week in November. 



But if a hot-bed of afparagus was begun at the above 

 time, another fnould be made the middle of this month, 

 to furnilh a fuccellional fupply. 



The Fruit Garden. 



Pruning and nailing Vines, 



VINES either againft walls or in the vineyard, 

 fliould now be pruned and nailed ; and this may be 

 done any time in this month. 



In pruning vines, you muft obferve to leave in every 

 part a proper fupply of the laft fummer^s ihoots to bear 

 fruit the next year; and let all the irregular and fuper- 

 abundant fhoots, that are not wanted, be cut out clofe; 

 together with part of the former year's bearers, and old 

 ufelefs wood, which muft now be cut out to make room 

 for the bearing fhoots or branches. 



For the laft fummer's fhoots which are now left, will, 

 in the fpring, produce from every eye or bud a young 



fnoot 



