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 wet, which if detained about them, will caufe 

 them to rot : but in the planting of thefe, .there 

 fhouJd be particular care taken to plant each 

 kind feparately at a diftance j for when they are 

 planted near each other, the farina of the flow- 

 ers will intermix, whereby their feeds will be 

 degenerated : and if after they are planted the 

 frofl fliould prove fevere, it will be proper to 

 cover them over with dry ftraw or peas haulm, 

 or fern, to keep out the froft ; for where this is 

 negleded in hard winters, they are frequently 

 deftroyed. 



Sow fame Radifhes, Carrots, and Lettuce, 

 on warm borders near walls or pales, for an 

 early crop, becaufe it may happen that thofe 

 which were fown the former months may be 

 deftroyed, and thefe may efcape ; for which 

 reafon it is proper always to have two or three 

 crops, one under the other, which will allow 

 a better chance than where there is but one. 



Toward the latter end of this month plant 

 fome Sandwich and Toker Beans, which are 

 hardier than the Windfor kind, and will be 

 very proper to fucceed the Mazagan or Lilbon 

 Beans, which were planted the former months, 

 fo that there may be a conftant fupply for the 

 table. 



When 



