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vered ; but after the buds are come thro' the 

 earth, the covering of mats and draw fliould 

 be taken off every day if the weather will 

 permit, otherwlfe the Afparagus will be white, 

 which renders it lefs efteemed by the Englifli. 

 Towards the end of this month you may 

 tranfplant Carrots, Parfneps, Leeks, and Cab- 

 bages, for feed, if the feafon proves mild ; ob- 

 ferving to hang up the Cabbages by their 

 ftalks under cover in a dry place, three or four 

 days before they are planted ; obferving to take 

 off the outer leaves, that the water may drain 

 out from between their inner leaves to prevxnt 

 their rotting. Thefe fhould be planted near a 

 hedge, pale, or wall, where they may be 

 fheltered from flrong winds, which often 

 break down their branches of feed in fummer, 

 when they are too much expofed thereto ; but 

 in the doing of this, you muft never plant more 

 than one fort in the fame place: for where red 

 and white Cabbages, or Savoys, are fuffered to 

 produce feeds near each other, the farina of 

 their flowers will intermix, and thereby the 

 forts will be degenerated; and it is by the not 

 obferving this method, the Englifh gardeners 

 feldom preferve the red Cabbages good and 

 right in their kind long, and fuppofe it is owing 

 to the foil and climate 3 therefore this feed is 



frequently 



