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the Crowns of the Roots, which 

 will be fufiicient. 



Then you muft make a Band of 

 Straw (or long Litter) about four 

 Inches thick, which you muft 

 faften round the Sides of the Bed, 

 {6 that the upper Part may be level 

 with the Surface of the Earth on 

 the Top of the Bed : This muft be 

 faftcn'd with ftraight Sticks about 

 two Feet long, Iharpen'd at the 

 Points to run into the Bed, and up- 

 on this Band you muft fet your 

 Frames, and put your Glaflcs there- 

 on i but if after your Bed hath 

 been made three Weeks, you find 

 the Heat decline, you muft lay a 

 good Lining of hcfh hot Dung 

 round the Sides of the Bed, which 

 will add a frefh Heat thereto j and 

 in bad Weather, as alio every Night, 

 keep the Glaftes covered with Mats 

 and Straw, but in the Day-time 

 let it be all taken off, efpeciaily 

 whenever the Sun appears, which 

 (liining through the Glaftcs will 

 give a good Colour to the Afpa- 

 ragus. 



A Bed thus made, if it works 

 kindly, will begin to produce Buds 

 for cutting in about five Weeks, 

 and will hold about three Weeks 

 in cutting, which, if rightly plant- 

 ed with good Roots, will produce 

 in that time about three hundred 

 Buds in each Light; £o that if you 

 would continue your Afparagus un- 

 til the Seafon of the Natural being 

 produc'd, you muft make a frelh 

 Bed every three Weeks, until the 

 Beginning of March, from the Sea- 

 fon of your firft Bed being made j 

 for if your laft Bed is made about 

 a Week in March, it wUl laft till 

 the Seafon of natural Afparagus, 

 and the laft Beds will come a Fort- 

 night fooner to cut than thofe 

 made about Chrijlmas, and the Buds 

 will be larger and better colour'd, 



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as they enjoy a greater Share of 

 the Sun. 



If you intend to follow this 

 Method of forcing early Afpara- 

 gus, you muft keep planting every 

 Year a Quantity which you rtiall 

 judge neceflary, (unlefs you intend 

 to buy it from fome other Gar- 

 den); The Quantity of Roots ne- 

 cefTary to plant one Light, is com- 

 monly known by the Meafure of 

 the Ground where they grew, for 

 in a good Crop, where few Roots? 

 are miffing, one Rod of Ground 

 will furnifli enough for a Light; 

 But thofe who propagate Afparagui, 

 with a Defign to take it up ioc 

 Forcing at two Years End, plant 

 lix Rows in each Bed, at ten 

 Inches Diftance only, and lay the 

 Plants in the Rows about eight 

 Inches afunder, v/hich will be a 

 fufiicient Diftance, as they are de- 

 fign'd to remain but two Years. 

 The beft Ground for planting Af^ 

 paragus to have large Roots for 

 Hot-beds, is a low moift rich Soil j 

 but for thofe that are to remain 

 for a natural Produce, a middling 

 Soil, neither too wet nor too dry : 

 But a fi-efti fandy Loam, when 

 well dung'd, is preferable to any- 

 other. 



ASPEN-Tree; vUe Popuius. 



ASPERULAi Woodroof. 



This Plant grows wild in fhady 

 Woods in many Parts of England, 

 and flowers in April and May, and 

 is fometimes ufed in Medicine. 



ASPHODELUSi Kingfpear. 

 The Charaders are ; 



The Stalk is round, fmooth, flrong, 

 and branchy, the Leaves are like 

 thofe of a Leek, but flronger and 

 narrower; the Flowers are divided 

 commmly as jar as the Bafis, naked, 

 fiellated, embracing the Ovary like 

 a Calix: the Apex of the Ovary 

 puts forth fix Stamina and a long 



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