386 KITCHEN GARDEN DISPLAYED^. 



The common open colewort, a$ it never 

 cabbages, or forms clofe hearts,, is more pro- 

 per to cultivate in fields, for feeding cattle, 

 thar. tor the table. 



GIVES. 



/""•IVES is a fmall perennial pl.nt, of the 

 onion tribe, but of manj Imall roots to- 

 gether in bunches, propagated or raifed by 

 parting the roots, which continue of feveral 

 years duration, producing a tuft of fmall awl- 

 Ihaped leaves, the parts ufed, or the leaves, 

 jiaiks and root together flipped off or feparated 

 10 the bottom, and ufed in iieu of young 

 onions, early in Spring, or as required, for 

 lallads and other occafions ; and for which a 

 rniall crop merits admittance in .every Kitchen 

 Garden, 



The plants are very hardy and durable, and 

 a crop once planted will multiply confide- 

 rably, and abide feveral years. 



They are propagated or raifed plenteoufly 

 by flips of or dividing the roots in the Spring, 

 ii"om February or March till May or June, or 

 in Autumn, either detaching fome fide off-fet 

 roots, feveral together in each fet, or large 

 roots divided into feveral parts, fmaller or 

 larger, of few or many roots in each, and 

 plant them in any bed or border a foot apart. 

 They will foon advance in growth, and mul- 

 tiply fide-ways into large bunches. 



T€> 



