Care and Management of the Ground. 
PeAHIS will be a proper Seafon to tranfplant 
T the young Cauliflower Plants raifed for 
Winter Ufe. They muft have a Bed of deep fine 
Mould; and they muft be fhaded and water’d 
duly till they have taken Root. If they feel any 
great Check from this Removal, they inftantly 
are infe€ted with Infeéts, and very rarely come to’ 
good afterwards. : 
- This, as in moft other Cafes, depends upon 4 
want of Nourifhment ; and what is called blight- 
ing, is ufually no other than ftarving. Good Water- 
ings and due fhading till the Plants have well root- 
ed themfelves, will prevent it; and often nothing | 
can cure it. | 
This Week thete fhould be fome Cabbage 
Lettuces fown for a late Crop. The Ground | 
muft ‘be laid very level, and the Seed fown in 
a calm, cloudy Evehing: after which it will be 
‘proper to throw on a Piece of Bufh; and in a 
Day or two, if the Ground continue dry, to allow 
a gentle Watering. This muft be given with 
great Care, or the Seeds will be difturb’d, and 
mote harm than good come ftom it. 
Dig up a rich Piece of Ground for tranfplant- 
ing the feedling Brocoli. Draw Lines lengthway 
and acrofs at three Inches Diftance, and fet the 
Plants in that Meafure; they will thus take their 
Growth without running up fo weak, as they 
would have done if left in the Seed Bed: after 
about fix Weeks they will be ready for plant- 
ing out where they are to remain. 
_ We have directed the fowing a late Crop of 
Cucumbers in Holes for pickling: they will be 
- now up, and require the Gardener’s Care. Let | 
him firft take up the Weeds that have rifen a- 
mong them, and then obferve which are the 
ftrongeft Plants. 
Three of thefe are to be left in each Hole; 
and all the reft being taken up, the Mould is to 
be gather’d about the Stalks of thefe, and they 
muft have a gentle Watering. After this they 
will be in no Danger; they will grow apace, 
and ftarve the Weeds that would rife among 
them. 
The common Practice is to leave four Plants 
in a Hole; and for this the Gardener pleads the | 
Direction of the common Inftruétor. Let us re- 
fer him to a better Guide, Experience. We have 
found three Plants produce more and better Cu- 
cumbers than four, 
The Melons in general will be now fet in for 
Fruit, and there is no Time at which they re- — 
quire fo much Care. Too much Heat, Cold, or 
Wet, will have the fame ill Effet in making 
them drop off. | 
From Eleven to Three they fhould be ‘fhaded 
from the fierce Sun, | 
If the Nights be at all chill, they fhould be 
fhelter’d by a Mat; and tho’ it is dangerous to 
| give them too much Water near the Head of. the 
Plant, it will be of vait Service to water the 
Parts all about the Bed. , | 
The Roots of the Melon Plant fpread to a 
great Diftance every Way; and the extream Fi- 
bres-in this, as well as other Kinds, draw moft 
Nourifhment, therefore the Watering at a Diftance 
is the true Method. ot 
In. the common Way every Gardener knows | 
that the Waterings frequently chill the Plant by 
hanging upon the Stalks; throw off the new fet 
Fruit, and rot the Branches. All this will be 
avoided by the Method of Watering at a Dif- 
tance, and at the fame Time the Advantage of 
Moifture will be given as perfectly as any other 
Way. . | : ? 
In the fucceeding Management of the Melon 
Plants, nothing is fo delicate a Point as that of 
Watering: the filling up the Alleys with a weil 
fuited Soil, trod properly down, will do a great 
deal ; but though it keep the Roots much moifter 
than they would be otherwile, it is by no means 
enough for the Purpofe; nor is there any Thing 
| fo dangerous as giving a large Quantity. If the 
Roots want Moifture, the Fruit will not attain 
their due Bignefs; if too much be given, they | 
will not have the due Flavour. ) 
In all thefe fucceeding Waterings, the beft 
Method is to give them at a Diftance; for tho’ 
after the Fruit is fet firmly, the firft Danger of 
beating it off in the common Way of Water- 
ing is over, yet ftill the Plant is better fupply’d 
thus, | a | 
Thefe Waterings muft always be given in an 
Evening ; and all that will be neceffary farther, 
is to clear away Weeds carefully; to break the 
Surface of the Mould now and then; to lay the 
fpreading Branches in decent Order, and when the 
Fruit is as big as an Apple, to place a Piece of 
Tile under each to promote the Ripening, and 
preferve it from the Damp of the Ground. 
EDEN: 
