‘New Principles of Gardening. 
Care being taken to keep them perfeétly clean from Weeds, 
and that no Plant of any kind be fuffered to grow amongft 
them. . | ; Sht o 
Towards Michaelmas, before that the young Haulm is decay- 
edj examine the feveral Lines of all your Beds, to find what 
Number of Plants has mifcarried ; and in fuch places, when 
they have fo miffed, place down a {mall Stick, &e. which 
will inform you where to make good your Plantation the April 
following. 
About the middle of Odfodber,divide the Alleys in the middle and 
on each fide, fet off the breadth of half a Spit, and then ftrain- 
ing a Line on each fide, chop out the Alleys, and throw them 
upon the Beds, which will raife the Beds about two Inches in 
height, whereby the Buds of the Roots will be about eight Inches 
deep, out of the Danger of the Knife in cutting, (as l obferved 
before) Frofts, Gc. and the Alleys exatly between the extream 
Lines of each Bed. | 
At the latter End of February, if the Spring be very for- 
ward, or beginning (but not later than the middle) of March, 
fork and rake the Beds, breaking the Earth very well, and 
picking out fuch Weeds as may have crept therein. 
When A/paragus is planted very fhallow, ‘twill come much 
fooner in the Spring than that which is planted deeper; but 
then it is attended with thefe Misfortunes, ‘tis always fmaller, 
more expofed to the Winter's Frofts, fubje& to be killed by 
the Fork in forking, and by the Knife in cutting; fo that al- 
tho’ A/paragus be planted a moderate depth, and does not come in 
quite fo foon, as that as is planted fhallow; yet £ cannot but 
recommend that manner of planting, becaufe ‘tis out of all 
= Dangers aforefaid, and is much latger and finer than the 
About the middle of Ogfober cut down the Haulm, throw up 
the Alley, and at the End of February, or beginning of March 
following, fork and rake the Beds as before directed, and fo in 
like manner every Year. When your Plantation has been thus 
managed three Years, twill then produce good A/paragus ; but 
the lefs’tis cut this third Year, the better it will be ever after; 
fo that I would not advife you to cut longer than the End of 
April in the third Year, the middle of May the fourth Year, 
three Weeks in May the fifth Year, and the End of May Ts 
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