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WORK TO BE DONE IN THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 



Winter Spinage. 



"Weed and thin your advancing crops of spinage; in doing this 

 observe to leave the best plants, and at the distance of three, four, or 

 five inches asunder, according to the progress in growth of the suc- 

 cessive crops, leaving the greatest space between the most forward 

 in growth; or the plants may only be moderately thinned now in 

 order to admit of drawing some out by degrees for use. 



Some of the spinage sown in August will now be fit for the table, 

 and if the plants were left too thick let them be thinned out regu- 

 larly by pulling some up by the roots as they are wanted for use; 

 but if the plants were properly thinned before, gather only the 

 outside large, leaves, and the others will advance for culinary pur- 

 poses in regular succession. 



Let it be particularly observed that spinage will rot off wherever 

 the weeds spread over it, and that consecpuently it is necessary to 

 keep it very clean. 



Lettuces. 



In the first week of this month transplant from the seed beds 

 into others, of light rich earth, in a warm exposure, and of such 

 dimensions as to be covered with your frames on the approach of 

 frost, the lettuce plants arising from the late August or early Sep- 

 tember sowings. Plant them in rows five or six inches distant 

 every way, so that every second plant may be taken up either for 

 use or future planting, leaving the others sufficient room to grow 

 and to head in the greatest perfection. 



Likewise plant some stout plants immediately in frames for use 

 in the latter end of November, December, &c, covering them only 

 at night till severe frosts in. 



Lettuces designed to remain where sown till spring should be 

 duly thinned as they advance in growth, and always kept free from 

 weeds. 



The various successive crops of lettuces should be transplanted 

 where they are to remain during winter, whether on warm borders, 

 in slight hot-beds, or under frames and glasses, as early in this 

 month as they shall have attained to two or three inches in growth; 

 and indeed a judicious gardener will always have a regular succes- 

 sion of these plants to guard against every kind of disappointment, 

 and the better to insure a constant supply. 



