Mar. T^he Gardeners Kalendar. 79 

 the table early in the feafon. You muft alio 

 fbw fome feeds of the Cicilia, Cos, Imperial, 

 and other Lettuces, in an open rich fpot of 

 ground, to fucceed thofe of the laft month's 

 fowing. 



About the middle of this month you muft 

 fork the Afparagus beds in the full ground, be- 

 ing very careful not to hurt the crown of the 

 roots with the fork ; but you may defer raking 

 them fmooth till the beginning of next month, 

 whereby you will retard the growth of 

 weeds : and that will be early enough, pro- 

 vided it be done before the buds appear above- 

 ground; for the only danger, attending this 

 late dreffing, is the deftroying of the buds. 



About the beginning of this month is a good 

 feafon for fowing of the large-rooted Dutch 

 Parfley ; which may be fown either in open beds 

 or in drills about a foot afunder 3 and, when the 

 plants are come up, they (hould be thined fo as 

 to leave them three or four inches apart in the 

 rows, in order to obtain good roots : or they 

 may be fown thin on a fpot of light earth, in 

 the fame manner as Carrots, and hoed out ; 

 and managed as is ufually practlfed for them, 

 which is the fureft way to obtain large roots. 



Toward the latter end of this month you 

 mav plant new Afparagus beds, if the ground 



be 



