| Inch, or thereabout ; 
dL a fecond Sowing of Celeri. 
vated for its large Root. 
full Spade deep, and perfectly well broken. 
‘be fown thus whofe Root is the ufeful Part. — 
When thefe Plants appear they muft be clear’d - 
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CHLORIS, or the 
HIS. Week let a Bed be dug up for 
A Piece 
of light Ground, open to the Sun, is the proper 
Situation and Soil for the Seed at this Time. 
We {hall dire&t a third Sowing a few Weeks 
hence; and for that a different Mould and Situation 
will be needful : Moifture will be effential to the 
, Succeis of that Crop, as Heat is to this. 
Let the Seeds be covered a Quarter of an 
and to forward their fhoot- 
ing, if the Weather be dry, let them, after they 
have been a Fortnight in the Ground, have once | 
in two Days fome Water. This will bring them 
up a Week fooner than in the common Way, 
and that is an effential Point in the prefent Sowing. 
At their firft Appearance they muft be clear’d 
_ from Weeds; and about two Months from the 
fowing ‘of the Seed, the Plants will be fit for re- 
moving. Their farther Management we. fhall 
give at the due Time. 
This Week let another Sowing of Lettuces be 
carefully manag’d, and let them be of the beft 
Wands. ? <7 
Chufe for this Purpofe a Piece of Ground open | 
to the South, and fhelter’d from cold Winds ; 
and in preparing it for Sowing, dig in fome well 
rotted Dung from an old Melon-Bed : 
and throw a few Bufhes over the Ground. | 
- Let a Piece of light and mellow Ground be 
prepar’d for the Dutch Parfley, which is culti- 
Let this be dug a 
Sow the Seeds carefully by Hand, not too thick, 
and rake them in. 
The common Method is to fow this in Drills, 
but it is very injudicious : no Plant fhould ever 
from Weeds, and thin’d to feven Inches Di- 
{tance every way. The Weeding muft be conti- 
nu’d at Times; and afterwards it will be ufeful 
to hoe them up, cutting in as deep as may be 
with a ftrong Hoe. The Roots will thus grow 
Targer in lefs Time, and be more tender and 
well flavour’d, 
Look to the Beds of early fown Spiniten : 
will require careful Weeding ; 
Cold, and the being rob’d "of Nourifhment by 
_ this wild Growth, will check it too much. 
Some fow this in Rills; and in that Cafe the 
Earth muft be very well broke between them : 
-of the Senfes : 
then fcat- 
. ter the Seeds carefully in a ftill calm Evening, 
~ | do little to affift them afterwards: 
for otherwife a 
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but. the beft ‘Method is free Sowing; and the 
Plants will now be fit for thining: they may be 
‘left at four Inches Diftance, taking up the 
_weakett ; and thofe which remain being thus 
clear’d, and the Earth broke about them, will 
grow fafter than can be well imagin’d. 
We have endeavoured, on many Occafions, 
to recommend to the Kitchen-Gardener this Prac- 
tice of frequent and careful breaking of the 
Earth about the Roots of Plants; and would — 
have it underftood in its full Force univerfally. 
‘In the Field its Effect is prodigious: it ex- 
ceeds all poffible Belief without the Atteftation 
and the ingenious Inventor of 
that excellent Method by Horfe-hoeing, by which 
alone the Plants have the full Nourifhment from 
this Source, while he extols that Method, ac- 
knowledges that it is inferior to the Spade. 
What he has found univerfally is this; that 
one Plant thus kept clear, and affifted by 
breaking the Earth while it is growing, will 
equal in Bignefs two, three, or four, of the 
fame Kind planted in the common Way, and at 
the fame Time exceed them in its Qualities. 
The fame will univerfally hold good in the 
| Kitchen-Ground; and quick Growth is of manris 
fold Advantage there; it brings Crops early, 
which is a great Advantage; it preferves them 
from Vermin: for they feed on fickly not on 
vigorous Plants; and it always renders them 
more tender and better flavour’d. 
Let us bring this into Practice in the Spinach 
we have now mentioned: the Plants are at four 
Inches Diftance at prefent, and the Ground being 
clear’d they will grow quick. The Gardener 
may, if. he pleafes, wait their Maturity: they 
will fucceed very well; but he can in this Way 
they will bear 
Hoeing, but that penetrates only a little Way into 
theGround. We therefore advife that he give a . 
Part of this Crop the Advantage of better Dig- 
ing. | 
‘When the Plants are grown a little larger, 
let him take up the greater Part of them. Let 
him leave only a fmall Number, at fuch a Di- 
ftance that he can dig between them with a 
Spade. | 
Thofe he takes up will be valuable for their 
Rarlinefs; and let him once in ten Days dig up 
the Ground thoroughly between the others: he 
will have twice as much Spinach, and. better, from 
| thefe few Plants than from the Whole. 
EDEN: 
