A COMPLEAT BODY, &. 
S E C i I re) N 
KITCHEN- GARDEN. 
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CHLORIS, 
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Godi Al Poo ghey 
Produés now in Seafon. 
E have declar’d againft the vulgar Method 
of repeating every Week to the Gardener 
‘the Names of thofe common Products of the 
Kitchen-Ground, which the meaneft Labourer 
mutt know, as well as ourfelves, to be in Seafon, 
and we have therefore only to obferve here, that 
Muthrooms, which Begin to be fcarce from the 
Sas |p. 
Fields, continue abundantly to be fupply’d from 
the Beds made and. manag’d as we have directed 
there are Skirrets, Scorzonera, sand Spanifo Ra- 
difhes. 
Finochia, and Celeri; and the Cauliflower Broccoli, 
Borecole, and Turnep-rooted eee: 
| SE LE Lete tele te ret ete te terete tele rereteceted 
il. 
The Care and Management of the K; ischen-Garden Grind ve this WV cek. 
si mentioned in the laft Week the prepar- 
ing for a Hot-Bed, to raife Winter Afpa- 
ragus, and it is now fit to direét the Gardener in the 
Management of it. We fuppofe him, on that Inti- 
mation, to have got ready a fufficient Quantity of | 
new Dung, and to have laid in a Heap for a Week 
to ferment. He is now to enter upon the Ufe 
of it. -4 ase ge ee ey. 
~The Earth is to be open’d to the Breadth of a 
common Frame, and the Length ‘of two, three, 
four, or more, according to the Quantity of Afpa- 
- ragus intended to be rais’d in this Opening of the ~ 
Ground. The Dung is to be laid; and pil’d upinan | 
even and orderly Manner, to the Height of forty . 
Let the Surface be laid fmooth, and 
beat even, and then fpread over it a-Covering of | 
Inches. 
the richeft Mould idan the Garden, scsi Inches 
thick. 
Lay ‘this - ately even, eee ity @cxdattle 
. fprinkling of Water, and then bring i in the. hione 
for planting. 
The Afparagus Roots, . for this Purpok, eon 
be two Years old from. the Seed-Bed, and. in. _per- — 
fect good Order ' and growing, Condition ; for.a 
F ie in that Point can never be mended. >, 
Gen. Ridge of Mould mutt be rais’d, a. Finger’s 
7 Length i in Height, and againtt this the Afparagus 
Roots muft be labied anny and fo clofe :as to 
touch. | 
sag tty Bud mutt De plac d rhe i less, 
and when all ‘the Roots. are. thus ; planted, there 
mult be a Covering of three Quarters of an Inch 
of the fame fine Mould fifted over them. 
The Roots being thus planted, ‘the whole Sane 
is to keep the Bed of a moderate Degree of Heat, 
for they will come to no good, if that be either too — 
much or too little. 
Every Gardener knows eee to try this, ee | 
means of a Stick. This mutt be above a Yard 
long, and fharp- ia 
| a due Degree. 
a If the Bottom oF the Stick be HOE bat enough, : 
and it can be thrutt 
down perpendicular into the Centre of the Bed. 
‘At Times it mutt be pull’d up, and the Bot- 
tom of it muft be felt in the Hand. 
If the Bed be too hot, a thick Stick mutt be 
thruft into it fideways, in feveral Places; and 
Openings thus made to let in the Air, and let 
out the Steam: this will foon reduce the Heat to 
lay fome frefh Litter up againft the Sides: this 
will fet it to. fermenting, . and the Stick will fhew 
how the Heat encreafes to a due Degree. 
When the Bed is too cold, it mutt be well co- 
“ver'd s and, when too hot, it muft have a great 
_ deal. as Air.. 
There are alfo Parfley-Roots, Cardoonsy: 
_and that for thofe who have their Bat peulas Taftes, 
The Bed being tous brought to its due Tem-— 
per, the Roots will begin foon.to fprout; and the 
| whole Care then lies in Payee: the Shoots fufi- 
ciently. 
As, foon as. they begin. to. appear ers dhe 
Surface, another. Covering: ‘of. two, Inches of the 
fame. fine Mould muft be fifted over. them ; and 
when they have rifen to the Top of that, there 
mutt be a frefh Parcel of. two Inches and: a, half 
Thus there will be fix Inches and «a half 
more. 
of Mould above the Roots; and ‘fhooting thro’ 
this, they; will. be of a due Length for cutting. . 
The Fi rames muft be rais’d.to the proper 
and in bad Weather the: Glafits muft:be - 
Height ; 
covered with Mats or. Cloths. In this Manner the 
Afparagus will rife in Abundance, and will be as 
good as any Art can make it at fo unfavourable a 
Seafon: but, at the beft, ’tis very, mnch inferior 
to what rifes naturally in the Spring. 
This Method differs in feveral Particulars from 
what 1s commonly practis’d; but Experience fhews 
it to fucceed better; and we have therefore given 
it in the Way we bias found moft fuccefsful. 
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