April. 
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hut we fhall add one Caution, 
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KIFCHEN-GARDEN. 
CHL O ae Be the 
OOK over the Beds of Aromatick Plants, 
or 
for if there want a Supply, this is the 
laft good Opportunity of doing it. 
Sow Hyffop and fweet Marjoram ; and feveral 
Kinds of Thyme, and Summer- Savory ; and in 
Places where the Ground is fomewhat moifter, 
cutting it, and let it be laid in a Cellar, between 
plant Mint, Baum, and Penny-royal. 
If there want Showers, thefe mutt for the firft 
Fortnight have frequent Waterings. _ 
The Seeds will require no Care: when the 
‘Plants appear, they muft be watered, and af- | 
ter weeded, and when it is feen which are the 
ftrongeft, the weaker muit be pulled up, to give 
thefe free Room for Growth. 
This is a very favourable Seafon for Sowing, 
and let the Gardener ufe it accordingly, for Sup- 
plies of his feveral Crops. 
Radifhes fhould be fown now Uj upon light, rich | 
_ Earth, and often watered. They will come to a 
due Bignefs in a very fhort Time, and will be the 
~ fineft of the Year. 
Let thofe Beds which were 2 foun ith’ them 
earlier, be kept clear from’ Weeds, and water’d 
once ‘in four ms unlefs there be fufficient 
Showers. 
In fmall Pieces of Ground, the seiie 3 is 
Hoeing. 
Let the Sowing and Planting of Beans and 
Peafe, be yet cotminued’s the fineit Kinds of 
- Beans fhould be feleéted for a late Crop ; and the 
Marrow-fat are the beft Peafe. 
~The Ground mutft be well dug for shat ; and 
the Rows fhould be at fuch a Diftance, that the 
Spade can be hereafter brought in between them: 
‘this will be the Method of indie them to Per- 
fection. 
Once in fix Days, let a fmall Piece be dug 
up for young Salletting. The Succefs of this 
depends upon the Richnefs of the Soil, and 
Finenefs of the Mould. | 
This is the Time, when the feveral Kinds fown 
for this Ufe grow moft freely of all, and the Pro- 
duce will be aerideratt and fineft. 
The Seeds muft be fownin Drills, and not too 
thick; each Kind feparate, and the Seed well 
chofen. They muft be covered lightly, and 
- encouraged’ to fhoot, by frequent Waterings, 
unlefs Showers come as freely as could be wifhed. 
They will thus be tender and thick in the Stalk, 
and the Leaves frefh and full of Juice. 
They fhould be gathered juft in the Time they 
attain due Bignefs, and as they continue in Per- 
_ fection only five or fix Days; there fhould be al- 
ways a Succeffion ready by that Time. 
The commoneft Things are moft neglected ; 
regarding young 
Salletting, which will render it much finer than 
in otherMethods. 
IV. 
Let the Gardener over Night, water the Quan- 
tity he intends, for the next Day’s Service, and 
mark it with Sticks, that he take up the fame 
Part; let this Watering be given about five in the 
Afternoon; let the Sallad be gathered early the 
next Morning, taking it up be the Roots, not 
two Difhes ; juft when it is wanted for. the Ta- 
ble, let the Roots be cut off; and leave lefs of the 
Stalk, than is ufually fent up. 
Thefe little Cautions, the beft Gardeners keep 
to themfelves, and upon them depends the Suc- 
cefs of all their Gatherings. 
Mr. Wiztson acknowledged to me, this was 
| all his Secret, for having the Spring Salleting 
fo firm and flefhy, as every one admired. 
The French of late have got into a Method 
of raifing this young Sallad in Boxes of Earth in 
Cellars ; and prefer it to what grows in Hot- 
Beds, or the open Air. The Principle is the fame, 
for *tis the Sun that exhales the Juices of thefe 
young Leaves, and renders them flabby. This is 
prevented in our Way, by pulling them in a 
Morning, before that Days Sun has Power, after 
fwelling them out by a good Watering. 
~ Look over the Places where Crops begin to - 
-beft done by Hand, but in larger, it muft be by erow f{trong, and give them all the Advantages of 
‘Cleannefs from Weeds and frefh broken Earth for 
Shooting. 
When the Rows are fo diftant as in the Peafe 
and Beans of our Direction; let the Ground 
be well dug up with the Spade, and fome of the 
fine Mould thrown on each Side, to ftrengthen 
their Stems. 
When there is not this Space, as_in the Carrot 
and Parfnip Salfefee and Scozonera Beds, hoe up 
| the Ground well; and where the Plants ftand 
yet clofer, weed by Hand. 
In each Cafe, follow the Weeding by gentle 
‘Waterings, when Nature denies Sete 
Plant Sticks for thofe Rows of Peafe which re- 
quire it, always remembering that it is beft done 
early, for thefe Plants are checked very much by. 
| their Stalks trailing on the Ground. 
If there be any Beans planted at thofe large Di- 
ftances we have recommended, let a firm Stick be 
thruft into the Ground near each; and let 
them be ty’d up in two or three Places: it is not 
conceived, how much the Vigour of a Plant of 
this Kind is promoted, by preventing its rocking 
at the Root; nor will any, but thofe who hidve 
try’d, imagine how large a Quantity of Beans 
will be obtained from a very {mall Number of 
Plants thus managed. 
The Ground muft once ina F Torenthit be well 
dug up about them, and as in all the other Cafes, 
WE ates allowed, if Showers do not prevent the La- 
bour. 
EDEN: 
