New Principles of Gardening. 
often happen at this Time, which if waterd then, would ra- 
ther chill and check the Growth of the Plants, than forward 
them; and the like of all others. _ / 
‘Your Plants being of a fufficient fize for tranfplanting, dig 
up a South Border, that is very rich and of a light Nature, where- 
in plant your Lettuce; the brown Dutch at fix Inches, the 
Silefia~ at nine Inches, and the Imperial at a foot Diftance 
from each other, and the nearer you plant them to the “Wall, 
the eafier-you may preferye them in Snow and frofty Wea- 
ches by thvering, Gre ee 
“And altho’ I did not before take Notice of the Capafeen 
Lettuce, yet we muft not forget to fow fome of that at the 
famé Time; for’tis a beautiful yellow, well tafted Lettuce, and 
one of the firft which cabbages in, the Spring. 
~ And as thefe feveral Kinds of Lettuces differ in their height, 
we fhould therefore confider how to difpofe of them, in fuch a 
manner that they may all receive an equal Benefit of the Win- 
ter’s Sun. ms 
Firft then the Imperial being of the greateft Growth, ought 
to pofiefs the back or hindermoft part of the Border, next the 
Wall; and inthe next Line before that, the Silefia ; next before 
that; the Brown Dutch, and laftly the Capa/een Lettuce without. 
- N. B. That about the middle of September you fhould tow 
a fecond Crop to fuccced the firft, which, when planted out, 
may be fo planted, as to be help’d forward, and theiter’d from 
bad Weather, by the Affiftance of Bell andSquare Glaffles, which 
at thofe Times are of no other Ufe. : : 
oN. B. Alto, that the Roman Lettuce is more tender than 
the preceding Kinds , and will feldom bear the Frofts, fo that 
we very rarely make ufe of it for this Seaton. 
About the middle of February, when our hor Beds are grown 
too cold for our Cucumbers, fow therein Brown Dutch, St- 
lefia'and Imperial Lettuce , which ‘by the middle of March may 
be tranfplanted ont on fome orher decay’d Bed, or a new one 
made very weak on purpofe, ander Square or Bell Glaffes , and 
they will be finely cabbaged and fit for the Table in Apri/. 
The Cabbage Lettuce which is fown in the Autumn, and cab- 
bages in the Spring, is certainly very goods but nothing near 
fo fine as that taifed early im the Spring, as before directed, 
whofe Leaves are in general tender, and much cafier for the 
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