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A COMPLEAT BxO--b--¥-—- 
covering them perfectly in the ‘wait: of Days; 
and always at Night, from the Injuries of the 
Froft. 
a have found that the fowing it on a 
Hot-bed, arched over with Hoops, End cover- 
ed with: Matting, | ~ anfwers much _ better than 
under the too clofe: Shelter of the common 
Frame. 
This Week, if the Weather be toletably mild, 
it will be proper ‘to plant the feveral Cab- 
bage Kinds for Seed ; and there 1 is no Plant that 
requires more Skill or. Care in the Management, 
_ among all the Kitchen Produéts.. 
A great deal of. Direction has been given 
‘about its by thofe who treated ‘thefe Subjects | 
both in France and here; but to the French 
we are to allow great ‘Preference, ‘not only as 
they direé&t the PoP Parts of the Operation, 
in-a more regular and diftiné Manner; but 
as” “they pay a Regard to the fit Soil for the 
Purpofe, which is a firft Point, and is omitted 
by moft of our own Writers, | and il directed © 
by the “felt. 
The Plants ee for this Ufe, are now 
growing in their common Beds, and the Sirft 
Care muft be, to feleét the beft of them. 
Thefe are fuch as. have the firmeft and fhort- 
eft Stems, and are -moft full of Vigour. 
aft thew Gardener mark as many of thefe 
as he intends to ufe, by fmall Sticks placed. 
a mild. dry Day, let him take them. up, and: 
thake the Earth from their Roots. 
Peat him draw two, or three ees ae fome: | | 
Room where there, i is no. Damp, and which is not 
near any Fire;, and. winding..a Piece.of Bafs 
round the ‘Top of each Plant, let him tye them: 
up to thefe Lifes, at a good Diftance from one 
another. 
Let him take Care in the fame Manner to { 
sive Air to his young falleting 5 ; for it will no 
more thrive on a Hot-bed kept Fick. than it will 
‘fhoot in the expofed Ground. 
- While they are see here, let him chu& De 
a dry warm Part of ae: Kitchen Garden, and ——. 
ftrew over the Ground a good Suapely of 
Coarfe Sand, and. fome. Coal Afhes. 
“Let thefe be well dug in, and the Mould 
iske fo as to mix thoroughly with them. 
Let this be got ready’ four Days after the 
Plants were hand up, and on the Evening of the 
next let them be: planted. 
‘They fhould ftand at a Yard Diftance from 
one another, anda deep Hole being opened for 
each, the Plant is to be fet in’ it, fo thar 
not above a Inches be above the Level of 
the Ground.» 
When the Ret 1S carefully covered, the 
Earth is to be drawn up about the Top in 
a large Hill, “and the whole covered, except 
| _the Head, from whence the ‘flowering Stalk is 
torife. — | | aie 
A great deal of Care muft be taken of thefe ; 
there muft be a good Thicknef$ of Earth about 
them in the rais’d Part; and they muft not be 
watered : the Dampnefs naturally i in the Ground 
is to the full as much as they will require. 
‘From this Time to the perfecting of the Seeds,. 
nothing is more injurious than too much Water ; 
_} if it be given when the Plants are firft fet, 
they will decay; and if afterwards, the Seeds. 
will be lefs valuable. 
- Their future Management muft be this. Af 
| ter fix Weeks, the Ground muft be well dug 
between them: this will at the fame Time give 
»them Nourifhment, and deftroy Weeds. 
Till, they begin to fhoot in the Siegen: 
near them; and then taking the Advantage of { Stem, they muft have no Water: 
that Time, they muft have ir, unlefs the Seafon 
fave the Labour, every third Evening. ° 
_ The Water» muft be allowed but in a mo- 
_derate Proportion; and the'Ground between muft 
| have it all; 
to pare the Hills raifed ue about the Head. of 
for:it fhould always be a Rule, : 
the Plant. er 
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