Jan. The Gardeners Kalendar. 5 



had, not to bury the tops of the plants with 

 earth. 



The Mufhroom-beds muft: now be care- 

 fully covered with long frefh ftraw, and the 

 old covering removed, for at this feafon the 

 ftraw foon becomes rotten with moifture, fo 

 there can't be too great care taken of thofe beds 

 to preferve them from the froft, and alfo keep 

 oft' the wet, both which are deftrudive to them 

 at this feafon ; for which reafon fome perfons . 

 cover the beds with frames, which is a very 

 fecure method where frames can be fpared. 



In mild weather, you may tranfplant fome 

 of your beft kinds of Endive plants on a warm 

 border, for feed ; in doing of which, you 

 fhould be careful to lay the border a little 

 floping, that the wet may not lodge about the 

 plants: and be very careful to make choice of 

 the ftrongeft plants, which have the greateft 

 number of leaves, and if it be the curled En- 

 dive, thofe plants muft be chofen whofe leaves 

 are moft curled 5 otherwife you will degene- 

 rate the fort, in two or three years, fo as to be- 

 come almofl: plain. 



Look carefully to your Cauliflower plants, 

 which are under frames, pulling off* all decay- 

 ed leaves from them, which, if permitted to 

 remain upon them, would endanger the plants, 

 B 3 efpecially 



