The Time directed for planting Rafpberries and Strawberries they condemn 
as different from what is ordered in their Work. This is the Rule by which they 
judge of right and wrong. We direct it fo, becaufe-more fuccefstul. , 
" The planting Beans in Augu/, they affirm to be wrong: But they have 
not try’d it, nor will they flay to fee how we fhall order them to be 
manag’d: it is a new Culture propos’d by Col. Stevenfon, whole Name fhould 
Glence Cavils; and when they fee, in our fucceeding Numbers, how we treat 
them, they will find it cannot fail of Succefs. | | | 
For compleating the practical Part, we have, befide the authentic Papers 
of Mr. Hale, the Communications of feveral eminent Gardeners, whofe Names 
will be publithed in the general Title, = oo ae 
With Refpe& to Language, we imagine the beft Style is the cleareft. * 
Take and rake your Walks, fays their Author. Take them into the Kitchen or 
the Stable, rake them, and bring’em in again. To thefe Figures we are Strangers. 
They accufe us of borrowing from their Work, but in this they miftake. | 
We have the Books from whence theirs has been taken; and where what 
they contain is right, we join with them: for the right Culture of a 
- Plant will be the fame, whoever delivers it. | | 
Our Papers of Mr. Hale, they fay, we mean fhould pafs for Works of Dr. 
Hlales. ‘That is impoflible ; for he is quoted in the Book. Who Mr. Hale 
was is well known, and the Ignorance of their Author feems affected. He 
would have been more celebrated, had his Modefty permitted him to publifh his. 
Writings in his Life: and his Executors are ready to avouch for us their Authen- 
ticity. 3 — 7 
| Lait comes the Article of Madder. In this Lizneus is faid again to be © 
‘miftaken. The Culture we propofe is on the Principles of Mr. Zu/l, which 
their Author feems not to underftand. Whether the four-coulter'd Plow does 
not cut deeper than a Foot. See in Mr. Tull. | | ; ; 
This Plant gives another Inftance of the Confequences of a miftaken Cul- 
ture. Their Author, who is as well vers’d as any Man in the ordinary Methods 
of managing Herbs, never faw the Seeds of Madder. Linnaeus had {een them; 
for he defcribes them in thefe Words: Semina folitaria fubrotunda umbilicata. 
Linneus, Gen. 99. To Ray they were familiar: Semina fuccedunt rotunda. 
Ray, Hilt. V. I. p. 480. And not lefs to Tournefort : Calyx abit in fruttum ; ] 
ex gemellis baccis fucculentis conftantem femine foetis, ut plurimum umbilicato. — 
Tournefort, Inft. V. I. p. 113. To thefe we are to add one Authority which ~ 
will furprize the Reader more than all. The Flower-Cup afterward becomes q 
a Fruit, compofed of two juicy Berries joined together, containing Seed for the ] 
moft Part hollowed like a Navel. Mitier’s Garpeners Dictionary, — 
Article Rudia. aie ee ; Pe 
The juft Conclufion from this is fo fevere we have not the Cruelty to infert it 
We are fenfible, from many Trials, Madder never will reach Maturit 
the ufual Way of Culture; but in ours, the Seeds ripen fo abundantly, th; 
the Stalks be not cut down, the Roots will be exhaufted to fupply them: t 
being the ultimate End of Nature in the Growth of all Plants. : 
We had been us’d to look on the Author of the Gardener’s Di@ionary as | 
a modeft, candid, and ingenious Man; and we are forry for his own Sake 
(for, being anfwer’d, it can do us m0 Harm) that he fhould fo rafhly facrifice | 
a valuable Reputation. i | | | , . 
What we have faid of the Imperfections of his Work, compar’d with what — 
we know of them, is little; but we have no Defire to build our Succefs upon 
another’s Ruin. Let the Republication of it make the beft Way it can into the 
World: with the Reception of ours we have Caufe to be fatisfy’d, and we are 
thankful. 7 
, September, © The beginning of this Month you may 
y | ‘ plant Cuttings of Laurel in fhady Borders, obferviag to 
: ‘ water them frequently in dry Weather, which will pro- 
‘ In the Seminary, he dire€ts the Planting Cuttings | ¢ mote their taking Root; for, at this Seafon, there is 
© of Evergreens and hardy Shrubs at the fame Seafon., | * little Danger of their growing, provided they are duly 
« How agreeable to the Praétice of the moft expe- | ¢ watered. et , iad 
_ © rienced Gardeners, we need only appeal to every ‘ You may alfo plant Cuttings of Honey-fuckles, 
« one who has the leatt Skill in that Art.’ Propofals | * Goofberries, Currants, and feveral other hardy Trees 
jor Miller’s Gardener’s Dictionary, : ‘and Shrubs, which will grow from Cuttings; for at 
| ‘ this Seafon they generally fucceed better than in 
‘ Spring.’ Miller’s Gardeners Calend. 
T. OSBORNE and J. SHIPTON, 
J. HODGES, T. TRYE, 
S. CROWDER, and H, WOODGATE. 
