Dec. The Gardeners Kalendar. 365 

 mary, Chard Beets, Cardoons, Celery, Endive, 

 Sorrel, Turnep-rooted Cabbage, Parfley, Cher- 

 vil, and fome other herbs for foup. 



For fallets ; Creffes, Muftard, Rape, Radifli, 

 Turnep, fmall Lettuce, and other fallet herbs, 

 upon the hot-bed ; Celery, Endive, Burnet, 

 and fome Brown Dutch Lettuce from under 

 glafles in mild v/eather 5 with Mint and Tarra- 

 gon upon hot-beds made the beginning of lafl: 

 month, and Afparagus upon hot-beds made 

 in Odober. 



Work to be done in the Fruit-Garden and 

 Orchard. 



If the feafon proves mild, the ground de- 

 figned for planting fruit trees in February, 

 fhould now be trenched for that purpofe, and 

 the borders of the fruit-garden (hould be mend- 

 ed where they require it, with fome frefh earth, 

 and very rotten dung well mixed together, 

 which will greatly encourage the growth of 

 the trees, and alfo add to the fize and good- 

 nefs of their fruit. 



It will not be proper to prune fruit trees, 

 either againft walls or efpaliers, at this feafon, 

 unlefs it fhould be very mild weather, left the 

 froft (hould follow foon after, which would 



injure 



