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March ithe will be fe for their firft uaoval | They will } thin them to fix Inches Diftance, planting thofe March, 
ee sen require a cool fhady Border, with a frefh | which are pull’d up, in the Piece of Ground dug —— 
but not rich Mould, and fhould be planted at) for that Purpofe. Water thefe, as well. as thofe 
— four Inches igiitance. 0 Gee which remain in the Seed-Bed, freely ; and: by all 
They will thus take their firft Shoot properly, | Means encourage their Growth, taking up Weeds 
and will efcape the Danger of running up too | 4s foon’as they appear; and breaking the Ground 
long thank’d. | between them. a ‘ | 
This Week will do very well for the fewing | By this Means the Leaves. will fpread into a 
Parfneps and Carrots: we have ordered our Gar- | Circle, and foon grow to a good Size ; the Bud 
dener to do this more than once already ; but, to | of the Stalk would foon after this appear, but this 
guard againft Accidents, it will be very proper to | muft by all Means be prevented. The taking . 
pit in a Crop now. The fame Rule he may ob- | them up will ftop its and the Time is come to da 
ferve with Leeks and Onions; and {everal other } that for blanching. edt Us bas - 
of the common and ufeful Products: they will | Let a larger Piece than either of the firft be 
teh Raviilidee GET the UE are li in ear- | dug up for this Purpofe ; let it be rich Mould 
lier; but there is no Seafon throughout the Year | that has not lately been ManBid, and the Place 
at which the Seeds will fhoot more freely than now. | not too much expos'd to the Sun; Jet it be dug 
Thofe who like the Alexander Flavour may fow | the full Depth of the Spade, and broke fine. , 
a Crop now; they muft be afterwards blanched Level the. Surface, and draw Lines a-crofs and. 
up in the Manner of Celeri; and to many Pa- | along. at eight Inches Diftance, 
_ ates are preferable to that more common Stalk. | ‘This being ready, forbear watering: the Plants 
Sta Mate at” this’ Seafsn ‘is preferable to | for two Days. Then In an Evening take them 
others, becaufe when put into the Ground later, | up. Open a Hole with a Trowel in the Centre 
they grow flowly; and, when earlier, they run up of each Square, and in each Hole place. one 
oe | Plant, fo deep that the Leaves may be bury’d, 
to Stalk. “ oe Sriicsic) < ; 
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for Dandelion. It is a pleafant. and tender | _ To prepare them for this Planting, the Fibres 
Plant, of the Endiye Nature; and, when. well | of the Roots muft be trim’d, and the inner 
manag’d, greatly preferable to that : better tafted, | Leaves: gather’d together, and ty’d loofely at the — 
and more tender: it ought to be prefer’d alfo.as | Top with a Piece of Pals, Phen plant, them as 
eye WABI Aadie Payee 8 ee deep as we have directed, fo that the Point of the 
~The French have taught us to eat it in Sallads; | Bundle may be level with the Sunface:- draw up 
and many, indeed moft, are fond of it; but none | the outermoft Leaves about, th ele; and-then care- 
of the Gardening Authors have direéted the Ma- fully gather in the Mould. 
nagement. - a 
Mr. Mirrer condemns it as a Weed’; and ad- | Leaves, and the Nourifhment will all £0 t 
Plant whatfoever fo eafily cultivated, or fo much | “ The Plant is fo hardy, that. its Growth will 
improv’d by Culture. {carce be at all check’d by this; the old Leaves 
_ ("PRE trué Method is this 9 * which were on the Outfides, and were not tyd 
Leta good Quantity of Seeds be gather’d from ‘up, will by Degrees. decay; but they will, for 
the wild Plants, juft when the ‘Down ‘begins to |’ fome Tit Le age oils 
fhake;/and! Yet" chert “be''taken from the Targeft || others: the Leaves’ which are ty’ will, prow up 
and rankeft. « Culture will take off all the | from their Tops, and the Part under Ground will 
Strength of Flavour, and thefe Seeds will yield | become tender, white and delicate, ferving only 
the ftrongeft Plants. — : as a kind of Footftalks to the upper Part of. the 
“Let'a Bed be:dug up in a fhaded Part of the | Leaves. © = Mise spe - ‘ 
_ Ground, working in fome old Dung from a The Ground muft be k 
Melon-Bed, in the Digging. Scatter the Seeds and the Plants water’d onl 
carefully and regularly over the Surface, when it | they begin to grow well 
it has been laid perfectly level, chufing for this | at firft they would rot. 
Work the Evening of +a mild Day.» Sift fome | As they fhoot up the Leaves higher, the Mould 
Mould, about Ge of an Inch Thicknefs | muft be drawn up about them 
over them, and give a gentle Sprinkling of Water. | be taken up for Service as wanted, 
» We need: not tell the Gardener Seeds of Dande- DAIS ig a Crop that’ thould be us 7 
lion will quickly grow, but it is his Bufinefs to | forthe great Excellence of it is the 
promote this as much, and keep the Plants grow- | fo foon to a Size ; and this i: 
ing. as. fafb.as he can, for upon that depends the | cannot by an 
‘Tendernefs and. Flavour of the-blanch’d Part, the Flower-ftalk. | 
Repeat the Waterings ‘gently. every other Even- A: Month after the firft Cr 
ing til thePlants appear; and then give them a'| th 
good: Sprinkling every Evening. | rep ins 
Dig up a Piece of very mellow Ground in a | There ‘will by this Means be a contin 
Part of ‘the “Kitchen-Garden not. too much ex- 
pos’d ; and:when the Plants have a little Strength 
ept clear of Weeds, 
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