THE SCOTS GARDENER 



dry room with board-floor for use, and replant in 

 September. 



Leeks by seed in April, in a fat soil, though some- 

 thing stiff; in June you may thin them by trans- 

 plantation ; prune their roots and tops, set them at 

 three inches distance, and continue to crop them 

 till October. The French seed is best, ours not worth 

 the while. 



Onyons by seeds in March, in a rich, warme light 

 mould, well mixt with rotted compost and sifted 

 pigeons' manure; give them a thin coat or covering 

 of earth ; sow also in the beginning of July for shi- 

 bols; it's not worth the pains to win their seed. 



Plant off-sets of sives in spring, nine rowes in a 

 bed, in a rich low ground. 



Cole-flower is a line cole ; sow it on the early hot- 

 bed, (for it's hard to get winter plants through to 

 purpose) ; sow thin and ebb, and carefully preserve 

 themf rom colds when young. If you water, imbibe 

 pigeons manure, but touch not the leaves ther e wi th. 

 When their leaves are three inches broad, trans- 

 plant them into a very fat and well mixt soil, at two 

 foot distance; prune their roots and tops, and if any 

 worm knots, cut them away ; and in setting keep 

 their hearts immediately above ground. All along 



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