SECT. V. 



OF PROPAGATION. 



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priety. On the fame piece, they fow radijhcs % lettuces, 

 and 'carrots ; the radifhes are drawn young for the table, 

 the lettuces to plant out, and a fufficient crop of carrots 

 is left, for carrots mould not be very near to grow big : 

 this is as reafonable a combination as any that is made; 

 but (till, if not IhOFt of ground, each kind feparate 

 will be found belt. x In defence of this mode of culture, 

 it is faid, if one crop fails, the others may do, and there 

 is no lofs of ground or time; and if all fucceed they do 

 verv well. Radijhes and fpimch are commonly fown 

 together by the common gardeners, and many ma- 

 nxuvres of inter-cropping are made by them, as fow- 

 iitg, or planting, 'between rows oi vegetables that are 

 wide afunder, or presently to come off, or in the alleys 

 of things cultivated on beds. But this crowding mode 

 of gardening ^lll not be imitated by private families, 

 except there is a want of room to bring in a proper 

 fuccellion of crops. Some little things of this fort, 

 however, may well be done; as, a piece of ground 

 new planted with h&rfe- radijb may be top-cropped with 

 radi fnes or fpinach, &c. A thin crop of onions upon 

 new afparagr.s beds, may alfo take place, drawing them 

 while young from about the plants. 



The proper covering for feeds at broad caff being 

 determined on, as to depth, let the ground lay the 

 rougher, the deeper the feed is to be buried; and if it 

 is to be fcarcely covered, rake the ground firfl very 

 level and fine. All feeds come up beft when- mode- 

 rately prefTed with the earth; for if they lie too lightly 

 in contact with it, cold and drought more eafily affect 

 them, and when once feeds begin to germinate, they 

 are impatient of both. To trample feeds in is on 

 the whole better than any other preffure. According 

 to the depth it is intended to cover feeds, the feet mould 

 be fet wider or nearer, i. e. the clofer for the lefs co- 

 vering. Begin to trample on the outfide, walking re- 

 gularly, lightly, and fteadily round the piece, till the 

 middle be arrived at in the finifli. This done, lay all 



immediately 



