OF GARDENING. 
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Sept. ‘= the feecking and deftroying their Nefts in | Fruit from thefé moft troublefome of all their De-. _Sepe. 
are the two great Concerns for guarding | vourers. 
e————- Spring, 
iy. 
or the KircHEN-GARDEN. 
See | te 
CHLORIS; 
The Produéis of the Kitchen-Garden, sendin in our laft Number, continuing in Seafon without any parti- 
ticular wines we foall beftow the fucceeding Pages of this, upon its Culture. 
q 
HE fame Dicesbibus that are proper for the 
Nurfery, come into Force here. Weeds will 
_ rife in every Place; 
Crops, and they muft be deftroy’d every where 
with the fame Care. According to the Condition 
of the Crop various Methods are to be us’d for — 
the Hoe the leaft ef- | 
and there are Places here, as in the Nur- | 
fery, where neither can be us’d, but all muft be — 
this: the Spade is the beft; 
fectual : 
done by Hand. | 
_ Where the Rows ftand diftant, nothing can be 
fo well as digging up the Ground between; this, — 
to the larger growing Plants, has the fame Ad- | 
vantage as the digging among the young Trees ; 
but the prefent, is a Seafon when a younger 
Growth is-more in Danger... There will be, in a 
well-ordered Garden, a Parcel of Collyfowers rifing 
to head; and there will be young Spinage; and 
Turneps of a fomewhat longer Growth; thefe 
will be the Crops moft requiring weeding. ae 
In the common Way of Planting, the Hoe 
mutt be brought in among the Collyflowers ; 
when we come to the Seafon of tranfplanting thefe, 
according to the Principles on which this Work is - 
founded, we fhall direCt the placing them fo di- 
ftant, that the Spade may be brought in between, 
and this will give them Heads in the fucceeding ' 
Month, finer than thofe of the beft Seafon. — 
When they are hoe’d, let a {mall {trong Hoe 
be us’d to break the Surface to fome Depth; and 
when the Weeds, cut up by this, are drawn off 
the Ground, let there come a good Watering. 
: ae Turneps muft be hoe’d in the fame Man- 
; but the weeding of the Spinage will be beft 
ris by Hand, ftriking the Mould off from the 
Roots as they are pula up, and leaving all level 
about the young Plants. : 
This j is a Seafon for lowing fome Dutch Lettuce. 
Care muft be taken of the Plants when they are 
up; and ifa Frame be allow’d for a Parcel of 
the beft of them, they will be fure to come in a 
good Seafon. | 
Celery planted out at its proper Seafon, will 
now be well rooted, and the Advantage of the 
Rains will fend it up largely. Let it be earthed 
as it rifes, and let this be done carefully. The 
Mould drawn up about it muft be fine, and the 
earthing of it fhould be perform’d in a dry 
Day. Care muft be taken to earth it high 
enough, elfe the Work will foon need to be re- 
peated; but let the Gardener fee the Heart of 
the Plants is not choak’d or cover’d, for this will — 
rot them. 
Much of the Kitchen-Garden Ground will now 
be clear’d of its Crops; and this the Gardener is 
they are equally hurtful to all 
but - 
are the Principles of Garden Culture: 
fhauft them farther. 
it, till the Time of planting it.. 
be much fitter for that Service, and much im- 
to confider as sf? two Kinds; fome Parts of it 
mutt ferve for receiving the tranfplanted Growths 
for Winter, and fome muft be referv’d for the 
Spring fowing. : 
The compleat Gardener fhould have all this in 
his Eye at once; and making the proper Separation 
and Difpofition now, he will find all his Work 
proceed with Regularity. 
When he has mark’d out his clear Ground for 
thefe Purpofes, let him fet on his Men to digging. 
Moft content themfelves in the clearing off the 
Weeds, by Hoeing, from the whole Ground ; 
and there are printed Authorities (fiich have the 
Writers on Gardening been) for this Conduct. 
Let our Pupil learn what is Tillage better. | 
How does Earth become edhaaied: but by the 
nourifhing of Plants? And how is it refrefh’d and 
feftor’d to its former Strength and Vigour, but 
by Manure and Tillage? Either will do; and, in 
fome Cafes, Tillage 1 is beft us’d fingly : in others, 
both together. 
As to the exhaufting of the Ear th, all Growth 
of Vegetables does that; Weeds as well as profita- 
ble Herbage ; and sith Regard to the reftoring it 
to Vigour, where Manures are not employ’d, the 
Effect of Tillage in difpofing it properly to receive. 
the Rains and Dews, is the great Thing. Thefe 
let us ap- 
ply them to Prattice in this Inftance. 
Here are large Spaces of Ground exhaufted by 
Summer Chow and they are to be refrefh’d for 
the fucceeding Plantation. Weeds muft not be 
permitted to grow upon them, for that would ex- 
Thefe the common Writers 
direct to be clear’d off; but here their Dire@tions 
ftop. Certainly this prevents the farther exhauft- 
ing of the Ground, but more may be done. 
Even where no Manure is added, Tillage will 
come in very ferviceably ; therefore let all his 
| Ground be dug, but in a ‘different Manner. 
Let the firft Divifion, comprehending all that 
is to be us’d for the Autumnal Tranfplantation, 
be dug deep and well: let it be laid in Borders, 
or Beds, of proper Form; and thus broke by the 
Spade, let it lie expos’d to Dew and Rain to enrich 
The Ground will 
prov’d by this Preparation. 
With Refpect to the other Part, which is | 
to lie vacant till Spring, let it enjoy all the Ad- 
vantages of Fallow. The Farmer may inftruc& 
the Gardener here in his own Profeffion. When 
he lays his Land fallow, he does not leave it in 
the Stubble: he knows Reft from Produce is but 
a Part of what is requir’d for its recruiting its 
Strength; 
