May. 
= The ee Shoot of Salfafie vill now » be ft It is very well worth while to plant fome Roots May, 
of the’ Hop about Hedges, or in other Places ——. _ 
_ ———= to cut, and they are by many efteem’d very deli- 
cate eaten in the Manner of Afparagus: Hop- 
where as es erow up ay will wave Means o of 
tops make another Difh of the fame Kind, and dimbing. 
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Care and 1 Manageme of the Ground. 
Kitchen Ground in all its Vigour, ‘The’ 
Crops we have direéted to be put into the Ground | 
oo er wre up ftrong and free; and Weeds, the 
f Nature, will appear with the sees Ad- 
Keres BF ; oe “ - | Sun, they will thus foon grow to: be {trong and 
vantages among them. 
oe: the Gardener begin the Week aR a ge- 
| peed weeding of the Ground : 
eft and tendereft Kinds this muft be done~ by 
Hand; thofe ‘of ‘more Growth and Diftance the- 
Hioe is to be us’d, and for this Purpofe the Kind | 
Soe of Hoe fhould be one that will cut deep. 
| Days : 
© In thofe Plantations which are in Rows, and | 
‘at due Diftance, Jet him ufe the Spade ; 
ing between them will more effectually deftroy 
the Weeds than any other Method, and it will 
greatly ftrengthen the Growth of the Plants. 
a dig- | 
It would be well if this general weeding could 
be follow’d by a general Watering; but as that. 
is not eafy in large Pieces of Ground, ‘it will be 
proper to obferve what Crops want it moft, and | 
to give it them regularly, leaving the others to 
the Courfe of Nature ; 5 whofe wife Author know- 
ing the general Want of Showers at this Seafon, 
fends them frequently. ) 
The beft Times for hoeing are in. she drieft 
‘Weeds that are to be taken out by Hand 
come up moft freely after a little Rain ; this will 
_ direét the Gardener how he thall Mo aes his 
Work to the Seafons. | 
The digging may be étkoniara indifferently in |. 
either Weather 5 but in the drieft Days the Mould. 
* will break eafieft, and the Spade will be moft 
_ ¢ fetviceable: for we have fhewn that this breaking | 
eft mutt be cut up or pulled out. TI 
the greateft Advantage in all Crops, from obferve- 
ing a due Daftance among the Plants. 
‘the Ground difpofes it fo excellently for receive- 
ings the Dews, that it in fome Degree anfwers the 
Purpofe of watering. ; | 
“In the Weeding: by Hand, and in the Hoe- 
ing, wherever the Plants are too thick, ‘the weak- 
Slip fome Artichokes, pi chufe a moift Part 
of the Ground for planting them: they will -re- 
quire frequent Waterings for fome time, but in 
the End the Praétice will be found very advan- 
tageous. | 
“Chute out a fhaded Part of the Ground open. to 
| the North Weft, for fowing young Salletting ; 
_ break the Mould very well, and fow the com- 
mon Kinds in the ufual Manner. The Situation 
__ will prevent the young Plants from growing too 
among the fmall-- 
There will be 
quickly out oe Uke, : as chey will foon do. at this 
‘Time if allow’d a more favourable Afpect. 
Slip fome Sage and. other Aromatick. Kinds, — 
and plant them out:in a fhady Border: give them _ 
frequent Waterings, and fhade them from the 
proper Plants. 
Dig up very perfectly. Piece of good Ground 
for Gas and Silefia Lettuces. Sow fome good — 
Seed, featter a few Bufhes over the: Bed; and 
if there do not come Showers within three or 
four Days, give a gentle Watering. 
Take the Advantage of a fair Evening after a 
Shower, ‘to draw up fome Mould about the Stems 
of the Cabbages and Colliflower Plants we dire¢t- 
ed to be planted out fome Weeks ago: it will 
ftrengthen their’ Growth; and prevent their being 
too -long in the Shank, which will be of great 
Service at this Period ; and at the fame Time it 
defends them from the Sun and drying Winds. 
~The Plants in our Celeri Bed will be ftrong, © 
if they have been weeded and water’d according 
to the Directions. A new Bed muft be prepared 
for the greateft Part of them, and in a cloudy 
Evening they muft be taken up, leaving as many 
as will ftand at about a Finger’s Length Diftance, 
and planting the others in their new Bed at the 
fame Meafure. A gentle Watering will be necef- 
{ary for the new planted ones, and it will be fer- 
viceable for the others. — | 
This Care taken of the feveral Crops, let the — 
Gardener look after Infeéts, which the Warmth 
of the Seafon now brings out from their lurking 
Holes; and which if not deftroy’d before they 
copulate, will foon lay the Foundation for an un- 
conquerable Multitude. 
At early Morning, and half an Hour before 
Sun-fet, they will always be found absoad in 
great Numbers; and every warm Shower will 
alfo bring them out. 
Thefe therefore are the Tikes” to feek after | 
_them, and the beft Inftrument for their Deftruc- 
tion is ‘a little Paddle, with a Handle five Foot 
long, and the Blade fharp:: A° Blow with this 
cuts the naked Snail afunder sand he.is the worft 
Enemy the Gardener has. If deftroy’d upon the 
Bed, they fhould be fuffer’d to remain and con- 
fume there; for their Flefh-foon diffolves into 3 
kind of flmy Moifture, which is wath’d into the : 
Ground by the next Rains, and is a very rich 
Manure. 
EDEN: 
