360 The Gardeners Kale^tdar, Dec. 

 Carry dung into the quarters of the kitchen- 

 garden, and fpread it on the ground, and trench 

 up the quarters, where there are no crops on 

 the ground, laying the earth in ridges, that it 

 may be mellowed by froft, and be fit for ufe 

 when the ieafon iov cropping the ground comes 

 on 'y for if this is negledted in winter, there will 

 be fo much other bufinefs to do in the fpring, 

 that there will not be time to trench the ground 

 properly, which frequently occafions its being 

 flightly performed. 



Pick fnails out of the holes of old walls, or 

 from under pales, hedges, broken pots, or 

 other rubbifli ; as alfo behind the ftems and 

 branches of wall fruit trees, in which places 

 they lay themfelves up during the winter fea- 

 fon, and may be then eafily taken before they 

 get abroad again. 



Sow CrelTes, Muftard, Rape, Radifh, Tur- 

 nep, and other fallet herbs, upon a moderate 

 hot-bed, which {hould be either covered with 

 fi ames, or arched over with hoops, and covered 

 with mats ; for at this fcafon thefe feeds will 

 not come up, where they are expofed to the 

 open air. 



In mild weather obferve to uncover the 

 Cauliflower plants under frames every day, 

 that they may enjoy the free air, otherwife they 



will 



