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or calcin’d Clay. ‘The Clay for this Purpofe, is 
CHAP. 
Of tbe Care and Management of the Ground. 
AHE Care of the Gardener for future Crops 
“here, is to be continued with the greatelt 
Diligence : 
We nam’d Chardoons as now in Seafon; and 
his Regard on this Head mutt be to raife a Crop to 
fucdec that now in Ufe. If the Ground haye 
been tolerably manag’d, there will be a Bed of 
this ufeful Plant two or three Months old from its - 
Tranfplantation, and now ready for Earthing. 
This is a Piece of Gardening li little underftood, and 
confequently ill practis’d. The W eight 2 and Tem- 
per of the Earth about the Stalks, are the two 
Articles on which all depends : } 
or Degree of Moifture can never-be duly obtain’d. 
without the Finenefs of the Soil; nor can there 
be due Weight, unlefs it have eine Firmnefs, 
The proper Soil for Earthing up Chardoons, is 
a Mixture of ten Bufhels of Garden- Mould, one 
Buthel of large Sand, and three Pecks of burnt 
to be burnt gently, till it crumbles away. It is a 
Pragtice well known in Hufbandry ; ; and fhould, 
for this Ufe, be brought into Gardens. 
This Mixture fhould lie together a Week, turn- 
ing it frequently ; and then it muft ve bruh to | 
the Ground. 
The Leaves of the Chardoons aut be ty’d up — 
with a Rope of Bafs, or old Matting. This Com- 
poft muft then be laid up to them, a Foot or more 
in Height ; and afterwards rais’d higher occafion- 
ally. . Care muft be taken not to bury the Hearts 
of the Plants; and the Earth muft be dry when © 
it is put to them. It will cling clofe without 
clogging them, and will bring them to perfeé 
Tendernefs and a fine Flavour. If Chardoons 
were rais’d with this Judgment, there would be | 
more Regard fhewn to them than is at prefent. 
If there be any wet Days this Week, let the. 
Gardener here continue his Work of Tranfplanting. 
If the Garden have been tolerably manag’d, 
there will be Colewort Plants of about two Months 
Growth; Cabbage-Plants of fix Weeks, and Col- 
lyflowers of about a Month. Thefe will all re- 
quire to be remov’d, but in a different Manner, 
and with different Intentions. | 
The Coieworts may be tranfplanted WP oe they 
be well dug for them, or they will make little 
Progrefs during Winter. 
ftances into a good Piece of mellow Ground, 
: who recommend it. 
«cle: 
but this Temper 
them as they rife. 
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_ where they are to ftand till they are remov’d to 
» the Places in which they are to.remain. Thefe wil} 
bear Expofure; but it is otherwife with the Colly- 
_ flower Plants; they are of a tenderer: ere ane 
_ muft be-manae’d carefully. 
- Some. plant them out upon iascayia Hot-Beds 
* that had ferv’d for raifing Cucumbers and Melons: 
* and we are not to wonder Gardeners content “thea 
felves with doing this, when there are Writers 
' forward at this Seafon, is a very important Arti- 
‘but it cannot be well done without a better 
Heat than is to ‘be obtain’d from fuch exhaufted 
_ Materials. | 
_ For this Purpofe, let a freth Hot-Bed be chat 
The bringing thefe Plants 
with good Dung, that has. lain to evaporate the . 
moft. vile Part of its Heat: and let it be covered 
nine Inches deep with the fineft Mould. 
Upon this draw Lines four Inches afunder, and 
at every three Inches make an Opening ; into 
each of thefe Openings put one Plant; and fet it 
carefully upright, with the Mould clos’d nicely 
to its Stalk. Give a gentle Watering to the 
_ whole Bed, and repeat it_as Occafion requires, 
“In this Bed they are to remain three Weeks ; _ 
and we fhall then direé&t the Gardener in what 
Manner to make ‘the beft Ufe of the Advantage 
he has gain’d, by planting them out into their 
Beds, where they can be defended by Glafies, a 
ftand the Winter. | 
’* The Rains that caufe the eee nfefal 
Herbage to grow fo kindly, have the fame Effect 
- upon wild Nature; and bring up Weeds as faft. 
~The Gardener is to be aware of this, and to clear 
them off as they rife. This is beft done by Hand 
amohg thé young Crops, and by the Hoe among 
thofe which are of more ftanding. 
In either Cafe the great Advantage is to deftroy 
Seedlings, whether of the ufe- 
ful or wild Herbs, exhauft the Earth but little ; 
but the larger Growth abforb. that Nourifhment 
which has been prepar’d, with all the Gardener’s 
Care, for the Nourifhment of his Crop. 
_ », Lhey muft never be fuffer’d to ripen their Seeds, 
| becaufe they will fo lay the Foundation for a fuc- 
_ ceeding Crop; but thatis not all theCare of the Gar- 
are to ftand till Spring; and the Ground fhould _ dener: for Nature fupplies thofe Seeds fo. abundantly, 
_ that they will never fail to rife where better Things 
_ are.planted, the fame.good Earth inviting them. - 
The Cabbage- Plants fhould be fet out at Di- - - ‘With’ this Gare of cleaning every Part: from 
| them, sett end the Labour af the prefent —— 
EDEN: 
