March.) THE KITCHEN GARDEN. I97 



Garlkk, Rocambole, and Shallots. 



Prepare some beds of good ground, four feet wide, in which to 

 plant garlick, rocambole, and shallots; of which procure some best 

 bulbs or roots; divide the garlick and rocambole into cloves, and 

 the shallots into off-sets, as they admit; plant them in rows, length- 

 wise the beds, eight or nine inches asunder, by six inches distance 

 in each row, and two or three inches deep. 



They may be planted either with a dibble or in drills drawn 

 with a hoe. 



Cives, or Chives. 



Cives, a small species of onion, growing in large tufts, are use- 

 ful in a family in the spring, &c. as a substitute for young onions, 

 both in sal lad s and culinary purposes; they are propagated by slip- 

 ping the roots, and this is a proper time to plant them; the method 

 is to part or take off some slips from the old roots several small 

 offsets together, and plant them in beds or borders about six to 

 eight, or nine inches distance. 



In slipping or parting the above roots, observe to preserve eight, 

 ten, or more of the small bulbs together in a cluster, and in that 

 manner to plant them. 



They are to be planted with a dibble or trowel, making holes lor 

 them at the distance above mentioned, putting one cluster of roots, 

 as above, in each hole, and closing the earth well about them. 

 They will soon take root, and increase very fast into large bunches, 

 of many years duration. 



Turnips. 



Sow turnips for a first early crop, about the middle, or towards 

 the latter end of this month, in an open situation, and where the 

 ground is light. 



The proper sort to sow now is principally the early Dutch tur- 

 nip, it being the best sort to sow at this season in gardens, but 

 especially for the first and second crops, or also occasionally for 

 general summer crops, in garden culture. 



Scorzonera and Salsafy. 



The latter end of this month you may sow scorzonera and sal- 

 safy; these plants are in some families much esteemed for their 

 roots, which are the only parts that are eaten, except the salsafy, 

 as explained below. 



The roots run pretty deep in the ground, in the manner of car- 

 rots and parsneps, and are boiled or stowed, and eaten either alone 

 or with flesh-meat, like young carrots, &c. 



"But the salsafy is estimable both for its roots as above, and for 

 the young shoots rising in the spring from the year-old plants, 

 being gathered while green and tender, are good to boil and eat in 

 the manner of asparagus. 



