FEB.] KITCHEN VEGETABLES. 3? 



Of planting Garlick and Rocambole. 

 Now plant a full crop of these roots. Dig the 

 land deep, and break it fine, if anywise stiff; and 

 for directions respecting planting, see January. 



Of planting Horse-Radish. 



About the latter end of the month is a fit time to 

 make plantations, though it will do very well any time 

 in the two following months. But any thing that can 

 be equally well done this month, ought to be accom- 

 plished ; as next month may be said to be the bu- 

 siest in the whole year with the gardener. Any 

 soil, especially if light, will answer. Dig deep, and 

 plant the sets in the furrows, by line, as you go on ; 

 eighteen inches between, and six in line. Place the 

 sets upright, and keep their crowns just above ground. 

 If they be three inches in length, it is sufficient ; 

 and it is immaterial how much longer they be. If 

 such sets as these cannot be procured, cuttings of the 

 roots, without crowns, may be planted, and will suc- 

 ceed very well ; only they will not be useful so soon. 

 They may be cut into pieces of three or four inches 

 in length, and may either be planted as above (but 

 entirely within ground,) or with the setting-stick. 



A little lettuce, radish or spinage, may be drilled 

 in between the lines, which would come off in time, 

 and without injuring the crop, 



Of sowing Leeks. 



A few, for the first plantation, may be sown in a 

 bed or beds along with the onions (as noticed be- 



