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360 A COMPLEATYBOD-Y, &. 
April. next Spring fhews Fruit in the Places whence the 
Leaves fell. 
done by encouraging the Buds of the hori- April 
(Cente i 
zontal Branches. If none appear where they are 
wanted, I have found the cutting a fmall Slit crofs- 
ways into the Bark, always produces them. 
When the young Shoots are at moderate Dif- 
tance, they will produce nearly as many* Figs as 
When the Figs toward the upper Ends 
the 
' Leaves on the lower Parts will fall off, and the 
Leaves. 
of the Branches are but juft appearing, 
Thefe, and thofe which were fo fmall in Au- 
tumn,. ripen favourably the next Summer. Such 
as were larger at that Time, generally perifh by 
the Frofts. This gives the Rule of Pruning, and 
may tend to explain the Method of Fructification 
in the Fig-tree; not fo well underftood at this 
Time as fome may imagine. | 
Bo fKOO RoE ROMO OREO RSE SOR LOR FOR SOR IO GON FOBLE 
sis eg aa ON Win ae Sa 
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HATEVER Cauliflower Plants are now 
remaining in the Winter-beds, muft be 
planted out; and for this Purpofe the Ground 
fhould be well broke ; a little well-rotted Dung | 
from an old Melon-bed dug in, and all Care 
taken of the Plants, that they may root quickly, 
and not feel too much the Check of this Removal. 
The Earth muft be drawn up to their Stems; | 
and they muft have frequent Waterings, unlefs 
Showers render it unneceffary. 
A {mall Crop of Carrots may now be properly 
fown upon a Piece of rich, free, and perfectly 
~ Joofe Soil. They will crow quickly to a ‘Size, 
and be very delicate. 
Onions fhould be again fown ; and fome of the 
Kitchen Garden Plants of flighter Service, Burnet, — 
Chervil, Buglofs and Borage. 
Sow Marygolds and Spinach at the End of this 
Week, and at the fame Time French Sorrel. 
- Plant Winter Savor y, and other of the hardier 
Kinds that grow from Slips ; allowing them fome 
rich Pieces of the Ground under Shade and Shel- 
ter. They muft be watered till they have taken 
Root; and when they are ftrong, and have 
made fome Shoots, they muft be removed with — 
Balls of Earth into their Places. 
Sage and Rofemary, Hyffop, and moft éf tlie. 
aromatic Plants, may be treated in the fame Man- 
ner. : 
LY. 
KITCHEN-GARDEW. 
this Kind, and thefe, as they root freely, and. 
fpread quickly, fhould be put in where they are to 
remain: The Soil fhould be moift and rich, 
Plant out Lettuces which were fown in Autumn, 
and have lived thro’ the Winter in warm Borders : 
Give them a free Soil, and a good Expofure: 
Water them often, and fee for Slugs in Mornings | 
and Evenings: They will be elfe devoured before 
they are rooted. | | 
This Week is very proper fot the planting of 
new Afparagus Beds ; for the Roots are now juft 
fhooting, and they never ftrike fo freely, or take 
fo Kindly, as when planted at that Period. 
The Beds muft be very carefully prepared for 
them, and the Planting muft be attended to in a 
due Manner, not Highved. as is too cuftomary. 
They muft have little Water for the firft Weeks 
| afterwards ; but when the Buds are form’d in the 
new Ground, they fhould have fomewhat more. 
Let all the young Crops of all Kinds that are 
now fprouting from the Spring fowing, be kept 
very free from Weeds. Thefe muft be taken up by 
‘Hand, among the fmaller Kinds; but where the 
Plants are larger, and they are to ftand more diftant, 
the Hoe will favea great deal of that Labour. 
Dig upa Bed of rich Earth, and fow Purflain. 
It muft be well watched when the Plants firft ap- 
pear, for a little Neglect will deftroy it all. The 
Slugs are very fond of its firft Leaves; anda little 
Many of shefe may be conveniently raifed alfo Biwi, if watering be neglected, will burn them up, 
from Seeds; but this is the fhorter Method; 
| till they are better rooted. 
and there are fome that mutt be planted this Way, | 
The large Peafe fhould now alfo be fown for a 
their Roots ftriking fréely, and their Seeds feldom | full Crop. 
ripening. Mint, Baum and Penny-royal are of 
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