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;decay, be fure to pick them off, 

 tor if the Weather fhould prove 

 very bad in Winter, fo that you 

 fhould be oblig'd to keep them 

 .clofe cover 'd for two or three Days 

 "together, as it Ibmetimes happens, 

 theie decayed Leaves will render 

 the inclos'd Air very noxious, and 

 the Plants infpiring pretty much 

 at that time, are often deftroy'd in 

 vaft Quantities. 



In the Beginning of FebrHciry, if 

 the Weather be mild, you muft 

 begin to harden your Plants by De- 

 grees, that they may be prepar'd 

 for Tranfplantation; and the Ground 

 where you intend to plant your 

 ColUJlowers out for good, (which 

 fhould be quite open from Trees, 

 ^c. and rather moift than dry) 

 Slaving been well dung*d and dug, , 

 fhould be Ibwn with RaJifies a 

 Week or Fortnight before you in- 

 tend to plant out your Collifiowers : 

 The Reafon why I mention the 

 fowing ot RaMjIjes particularly, is 

 this, ('viz..) that if there are not Ibme 

 Ratiifhes amongfl: them, and the 

 Month of May fhould prove hot 

 and dry, as it Ibmetimes h:.ppens, 

 th^ Fly will leize your ColUfowers, 

 and eat them full of Holes, to their 

 Prejudice, and Ibm.etimes their 

 Dellrudion: whereas, if there are 

 RjiM/hes upon the Spot, the Flies 

 will take to them, and never med- 

 dle with the ColliJIoxffers io long as 

 they laft : Indeed the Gardeners 

 near London rnix Spin Age with their 

 KWi/7;-Secd, and io have a double 

 Crop j which is an Advantage 

 where Ground is dear, or that Per- 

 fons are ffreightened for Room, 

 otherwiie it is very well to have 

 only one Crop among ft the Colli- 

 fiowers^ that the Ground m.ay be 

 -cleared in time. 



Your Ground being ready, and 

 the Seafon good, about the Middle 



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of 'February, you may begin tQ 



plant out your Colliflowers : The 

 Diftance which is generally allow'd 

 by the Gardeners neai London (who 

 plant other Crops between their 

 Collifiovpers to fucceed them, as 

 Cucumbers for pickling, and Win- 

 ter Gabbftges) is every other Row- 

 four Feet and a half apart and the 

 intermediate Rows two Feet and a 

 half, and two Feet two Inches 

 Diftance in the Rows ■-, fo that in 

 the Middle, or towards the latter 

 End of May, (when the Radifljes 

 and Spinage are cleared off ) ihey 

 put in Seeds of Cucumbers for 

 pickling, in the Middle of the wide 

 Rows, at three Feet and a half a- 

 part; and in the narrow Rows, 

 plant Cabbages for Winter Ule, at 

 two Feet two Inches Diftance, fb 

 that thefe ftand each of them ex- 

 actly in the Middle of the Square 

 between four CoUifloroer-Vhnts:, and 

 thefe, after the CoUifiovpers are gone 

 off, will have fall Room to giow, 

 and the Crops be hereby contmu'd 

 in a Succeffion through the whole 

 Seafon. 



About three Weeks or a Month 

 after your Collifiowcrs are planted 

 out, the Ratifies between theni 

 will be fit to hoe 3 at which time, 

 when you are hoeing out xh.z Ra- 

 dijhes, where they are too thick, 

 you fliould cut off all ftich as grow 

 immediately about the Collijiowers, 

 and would prove hurtful to them, 

 by drav/ing them up tall and weak, 

 and alfo at that time draw the 

 Earth up to the Stems of the Plants, 

 being careful not to let any get 

 into their Hearts, (as was before 

 direded); and when your RadifJjes 

 are fit to pull, be fure to clear round 

 the CollifioTvers firft, and keep draw- 

 ing the Earth up to their Stems as 

 they advance in Height, which 

 will keep their Stems from being 



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