The Tragical Kitchen Gardiner] 



edgings of thyme, fage, lavender, hyf- 

 ibp, rue, wormwood, &c, which need 

 i)ut little moifture to keep them in good 

 plight, as it is in coUyflowers, onions, 

 i^c. Fourthly, it confifts in the keep- 

 ing the fuperficies of our ground clear 

 of all forts of weeds, either by weed- 

 ing, or digging, or by only raking 

 them over, when they have not beer^ 

 Jong dreffed ; fo that, as far as 'tis pof- 

 fible, the earth may always appear as if 

 it had been newly ftirf d up. 



I fhall not infift any longer here up- 

 on the head of the general culture, be- 

 caufe it has been already hinted at, and 

 is fo generally well known almoft to all 

 people, but fhall only declare my opi» 

 nion, and the practice of able gardiners^ 

 in that which is peculiarly to be ufed 

 to each particular plant. 



And I fhall begin with obferving, that 

 ^mong kitchen plants, there are fome 

 that are fown to remain ftill in the 

 places where they were firft, and others 

 again, only to be tranfplanted elfewhere 5 

 that there are fome that prove well both 

 ways 5 fome that are multiply'd without 

 feed, fome that are tranfplanted whole, 

 and fome that are cut to be tranfplanted 5 



