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fyrOid as aim oft to meet and co- 

 ver the Ground. 



Then you (hould provide a Par- 

 rel of fmall Olier Twigs for Bafs- 

 Mat) to tie up fome of the largeil 

 to blanch ; which fliould be done 

 in a dry Afternoon, when there is 

 neither Dew nor Rain to moiften 

 the Leaves in the middle of the 

 Plants, which would occafion their 

 rotting foon after their being ty'd 

 op. The Manner of doing it is as 

 follows, f/z,. You muft firft ga- 

 ther up ail the inner Leaves of the 

 Plant, in a rej^ular Order, into one 

 Hand, and then take up thofe on 

 the Outlide that arc found, pulling 

 oft, and throwing awiy all the rot- 

 ten and decay'd Leaves i obferving 

 to place the outfide Leaves ail 

 round the middle ones, as near as 

 poiTible to the natural Order of 

 their Growth, Co as not to crofs 

 each other: Then having got the 

 whale Plant clofe up in your Hand, 

 tie k up with the Twig, &>c. at 

 about tvro Inches below the Top,. 

 very clofe; and about a Week af- 

 ter go over the Plants again, and 

 give them another Tie about the 

 middle of the Plcmt, to prevent the 

 Heart Leaves fi-om burfting out on 

 one Side; which they are fubject 

 to do, as the Plants grow, if not 

 prevented this way. 



In doing of this you need only 

 tie up the largeft Pjants firft, and 

 ib go over the Piece once a Week, 

 as the Plants increafe their Growth ; 

 by which means you will continue 

 the Crop longer than if they were 

 all ty'd up at one time : For when 

 they are quite blanch'd, which 

 v/ili be in three Weeks or a Month 

 after tying, they will not hold 

 ibund and good above ten Days 

 or a Fortnight, efpecially if the 

 Scafon proves wet i Therefore it is 

 that I would ad/ife to low at four 



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different Seafons, that you may 

 have a Supply as long as the Wea- 

 ther will permit. But in order to 

 this, you muft tranfplant all the 

 Plants of the laft Sowing under 

 warm Walls, Pales, or Hedges, to 

 fcrecn the Plants from Froft : And 

 if the Winter fhould prove very 

 fliarp, you Ihould cover them with 

 fome Peas-haulm, or fuch other 

 light Covering, which fhould be 

 conftantly taken off in mild Wea- 

 ther. Thefe Borders fliould alfo be 

 as dry as pofliblej for thefe Plants 

 are very liibjed to rot, if planted 

 in a moift Soil in Winter. 



Altho' I before dire6ted the ty- 

 ing up of the Plants to blanch 

 them, yet this is only to be un- 

 derftood for the two firft Sow- 

 ings j for after Midhaelmas, when 

 the Nights begin to be frofty, thofc 

 Plants which are lb far above- 

 ground will be liable to be much 

 prejudiced thereby ,- therefore the 

 bcft Method is, to take up your 

 Plants of the latter Sowings in a 

 very dry Day, and with a large 

 flat-pointed Dibble plant them in-' 

 to the Sides of Trenches of Earth, 

 which are laid lloping, fidewife, 

 towards the Sun, with the Tops 

 of the Plants only out of the 

 Ground, fo that the hafty Rains 

 may run off, and the Plants be kept 

 dry, and fecured from Frofts. 



The Plants thus planted, will be 

 blanched fit for Ufe in about three 

 Weeks Time; after which they will 

 not keep good long: You fhould 

 therefore keep planting fome frefh 

 ones into Trenches every Fort- 

 night at leaft, that you may have 

 a Supply : And thofe which were 

 laft tranfplanted cut of the Seed- 

 beds, .fhould be preferv'd till Te- 

 bninrj or March ^ before they are 

 planted to blanch ; fo that from 

 this you may be fupply 'd until A^riU 



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