THE SCOTS GARDENER 



Garden Dishes and Drinks in season, are 

 cabbage, coleflower, onions, leeks, shallot, &c. 

 Blanched sellery, succory, pickled asparagus, pur- 

 slain, &c. French parsneeps, skirrets, potatoes, 

 carrots, turneeps, beet-rave, scorzonera, parsley 

 and f ennell roots, aples, pears, &c. 



Cyder, perry, wine of cherries, rasps, currans, 

 goosberries, liquorish, hony, &c. 



DECEMBER 



Trench and prepare grounds. Gather together 

 composts; plant trees in nurseries, and sow their 

 seeds that endure it. 



Gather firr seed, holly berries, &c. Take up liquor- 

 ish. Continue your care in preserving choice carna- 

 tions, anemonies, and ranunculuses from raines and 

 frosts. And keep the green-house close against the 

 piercing colds. Turne and refresh your fruit in a 

 clear serene day. Sharpen and mend tools. Gather 

 oziers and hassell rods and make baskets in stormy 

 weather. Cover your water pipes with leitter lest 

 the frosts do crak them ; feed weak bees. 



Garden Dishes and Drinks in Season 

 Colworts, leeks, &c., housed cabbage, onions, 

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