New Principles of Gardening. 
dwarf and marrow Peafe, dc. for the remaining part of the 
Summer. 
The Hotfpur Peafe for the firft and fecond Crops may be 
fown at the times aforefaid in Drills, about two Feet and half 
diftant from each other, of a tolerable thicknefs in the Drills ; 
for you muft always remember that you are not in danger 
of the Frofts only, but of Mice, Crows, and Slugs, againtt 
which you muft carefully guard, otherwife few will come to 
your fhare ; and for thefe Reafons ’tis beft to allow Seed enough 
at firft fowing. 
When your Peafe begin to appear above Ground, be dili- 
gent in furveying them every Morning, and to deftroy all the 
Slugs you can find near them. 
Slack’d Lime, and Sea Coal Afhes firewed, upon the. Drills; 
before the Peafe are come up,, will prevent theiz being deftroy'd;. 
be careful to do the fame after Rains; and when they are grown 
about four Inches high, draw up fome Earth on each fide clofe to 
their Roots to preferve them from cutting Winds, gc, 
It has been the common Praétice for. many Years amongft 
Gardiners, to fow. one Drill of Peafe clofe, under a South, 
Eaft, or Weff Wall, and very often under every one, when 
they have them; but I cannot recommend that Method, for 
it {eldom fails of doing the Fruit Trees very great Damage: 
But however, I am not for entirely banifhing of Peafe from 
warm Walls, which caufe them to.come much earlier; and 
therefore I advife that they be fown under fuch Walls, but not 
nearer than three Feet at the leaft. 
When you fow Peafe in open Quarters, ‘tis beft to draw 
their Drills North and South, that when the very cold and 
blating Eaffern Winds do blow, they may be defended. there- 
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from by fmall Ridges or Banks drawn up with a Hough on 
the Eaffern Sides thereof. | 
The ufual diftance that Hotfpur Peafe are fown, is about 
two Feet and half each Drill fromthe other: And when they 
are about eight or nine Inches high they fhould be well earth’d 
up, and ftuck with Sticks about three Feet high, and to pre- 
vent their being damaged by Winds, ‘tis beft to place a dou- 
ble Row of Sticks, that the Peafe may be between them, and 
as they run up be fecured from the Winds, and much better 
expofed to the Sun, than when lying on the Ground, 
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