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the feed is fown and rak'd in, you 

 fhoLild fow fome flack'd lime;, the vir- 

 tue of which will laft till fome rain fuc- 

 ceeds, after which the feed will foon 

 fprout, and be out of danger. 



They are tranfplanted out of the feed- 

 bed into the nurfery-bed, in about fif- 

 teen or twenty days after they are fow'd; 

 tho' fometimes, if they are fow'd thin, 

 they are never put into a nurfery-bed at 

 all, but planted out into beds of about 

 five or fix foot wide, at about eight or 

 ten inches, or a foot afunder, at moft, 

 in ground that is very rich, and well 

 dunged. I have had excellent good in 

 the rubbifli of an old caftle, which has 

 afterwards been turn'd into a garden, 

 and will ftand the fe verity of the win- 

 ter, and be an excellent difli boil'd ; but 

 towards the fpring they are apt to grow 

 tough and bitter; at which time (efpe- 

 cially if the weather be hot and dry) 

 they fhould be gatherd early in the 

 morning, while the dew is yet upon 

 them, which makes them boil green and 

 crifp 5 but if the fun fliould get up and 

 withet them a little, you are to throw 

 them into water, and caft therein two 

 pr three haadfuis of fait, which revives 



them 



