1 lo The Tragical Kitchen Gardiner, 



ing i and that when they are once fl:unt= 

 ed, they will not recover any more, but 

 grow yellow and rotten : And tho* it 

 might be faft that Mr. Fowler might 

 have very healthy good plants in the lat- 

 ter end of November y that and the fore- 

 going month being generally very mild, 

 yet what would become of them, or 

 how he could maintain them during the 

 winter months of T)ec ember and Janu- 

 ary, till they could be brought to ridge, 

 I muft ow^n I am at a lofs to judge : But 

 there is no contending againft real fad, 

 if fuch it be 5 and the kindnefs of my very 

 ingenious friend to me fhall always ob-, 

 lige me to fay nothing but what is a- 

 greeable to faft and experience, having 

 the greateft regard for his ufeful labours 

 in the way of gardening. 

 ofthemain Certain it is, after all that has been 

 luLfer'"' ^^^^ ^^^^ bringing forwards and forcing 

 anii time of of melons and cucumbers, they have by 

 riiiging, HO mcaus a good tafte, nor any ways 

 capable of appearing in competition with 

 others that follow after in other months j 

 nor do they pay for the care and ex- 

 pence we are at about them, and it is 

 better to let it alone till the 10^^ or 12^^ 

 of February^ before you fow them, and 

 2 ' " " till 



