Dec] The Kitchen Garden, ^iq 



Lettuce feed. 



You may now fow a little lettuce feed on a warm 

 fouth border : if they fucceed they will be ufeful in the 

 fpring. This may be done any time in the month 

 when the weather is mild ; and if you fow a little 

 twice in the month, you will have the greater chance 

 of fuccefs. 



Small Sallad Herbs, 



Continue to fow feveral forts of fmall fallad once in 

 ten days or a fortnight, that there may be a proper fup- 

 ply for the table, as often as it is required. 



The beft forts are muftard, creiTes, radifh, and rape; 

 you may alfo fow fome lap cabbage lettuce to cut while 

 young, like the crefTes and muftard, &c. 



Let thefe feeds be fown in a frame of light earth, or 

 in a hot bed, as mentioned in November ; but be fure, 

 at this feafon, not to cover the feeds deeper with earth 

 than juil: as much as will hide them. 



In general keep the glalles over them ; but give air 

 to the plants every day when the weather is mild, by 

 railing the glafles on props: the plants may be quite 

 expofed to the air in a very dry mild day, but be fure 

 to keep the glaffes clofe over them all night, and whei^^ 

 fharp weather cover alfo with mats or long litter. 



In fevere weather thefe feeds muft be fown in a flight 

 hot- bed. See January and February, &c. 



do'x.'j Radijh Seed. 



About the middle or latter end of this month, when 

 the weather is open and dry, you may fow a few ihort- 

 top radifhes to come early in the fpring. 



However, as there is but little dependence on this fow- 

 ing, it is only advifed to fow a few to take their chance 

 for a trial ; and if they fucceed, they v/ill come in for 

 drav/ing early in March ; let the {itc^ be fo\v ii in a dry bor- 

 der under a wall ; and when the plants are up, if the 

 froft ihould be fevere you may cover them with peas- 

 ftraw, fern, or other long Utter, See Jajiuary and Fe- 

 hruary* 



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