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_ giving its large Buds Room. 
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or th KITCHEN-GARDEN. 
CHLORIS, 
ee Afparagus will now be preparing to 
fhoot, and the Beds muft be rendered fit for 
This muft be done 
Tynes :It is beft to have one purpoftly made. for 
- this Service, for the Benefit it does is very effential ; 
and yet without due Care, it may do more harm, 
than it can good, by hurting the Crown of the 
Roots. | 
‘The proper Management of the F orking at this 
Time, loofens the Mould, deftroys Weeds, and 
attraéts all the Influences of the Air, Dews, and 
— Showers ; thefe fwell the Buds, and the freth bro- | 
ken Mould gives them free Paffage: they grow 
- more quick, and they are tenderer and better fla- 
voured for it. 
This done, let a rich, warm Piece be dug 
and levelled, and fow a Crop-of Endive. It Side 
come in a very acceptable Seafon. 
‘We have in the preceding Numbers diretted two | 
Sowings of Dutch Parfley: ©The Plants of the firtt 
will be now come up, and it will be! proper when 
they have a few’ Leaves, to thin them. 
The Gardeners always (fo far as I have feen) 
leave them too clofe : let them ftand eight Inches 
afunder, and let the Ground be now and then well 
broke with a fmall ftrong Hoe between them. 
- The Crops of Radithes will 
frefh and vigorous, from the Sowings. we lately 
directed: they require the fame Management 
with this Parfley to bring them to Perfection, but 
not fo. great a Diftance,' they fhould be thin’d 
by Hand, pulling up the poor Plants ; and leav- 
ing the reft at four Inches Diftance. 
This pulling up a Part, will leave the Cuming | 
light and loofe about the reft for the prefent, and 
will that Way be of great Service; a few Days af- 
ter they muft be hoed in the Manner we at now 
directed for the Parfley. 
The Trouble is not fo much, and shies will thus 
come early ; and be tender and well tafted. A 
dry Morning, after a light Froft, is the beft Time | 
‘or this, the Mould being then crumbly and free, 
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it will fall loofé about the Heads of the Plants, and 
March. 
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being broke at the Surface, the Dews will be re- — 
-cerved, and it will keep moift and loofe. 
The Gardener will remember what we have di- 
rected him, refpecting Hot-Beds for Cucumbers 
and Melons: he knows how he is to manage the 
Plants of his firft Sowing, and now it will be pro- 
| per to prepare for a fecond Crop. | 
The Hot-beds muft be made in the fame Man- 
ner, and the whole Management of the youn 
Plants muft be the fame. — 
Some French Beans fhould be tavted this 
Week, but it muft be done with great Care and 
Circum{pection. 
If the Ground be wet, the Seed will rot inftead 
of fhooting; and if the Place be expofed, cold 
Winds will pace the Plants as {oon as they 
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From this they ring be defended, and alfo from 
‘Slugs, for their firft Leaves are very juicy, and 
thefe Devourers are fond of them. 
_ This regards their Management, when up; 
and we fhall fpeak of it hereafter. . The prefent 
Care muft be in the Choice of a Spot ; . this 
fhould be ina fheltered and warm Place, and where 
the Ground is higher than the Generality, that 
| Wet may not fettle upon it. 
appear now | 
If the Weather be very rainy, the Sowing fhou’d 
be defer’d; but fuppofing this good, and the 
| Piece. thus chofen, there will be a a Profpedt of a 
very valuable Crop. 
‘The Batterfea Bean, or lefler hl Bean is the 
belt Kind for fowing now. 
along the Bed at fixteen Inches Diftance, and to 
the Depth of one Inch, or thereabout ; and into 
thefe drop the Beans at about three Inches afunder, 
draw‘the Mould over them, and in nine Days, 
with good Weather, the Plants will appear. As 
they rife'in Height, the Mould muft be drawn up 
to them with a Hoe. They muft be carefully 
watched, to defend’ them from Slugs; and the 
Ground between them muft be hoed once in ten 
Days. 
EDEN: 
Let Drills be opéned 
