The ^raBkal Kitchen Gardner. 1 5 p 



If any of the plants can be prefervcd 

 during the winter, which it is eafy c- 

 nough to do, tiiey muft be tranfplanted 

 again in the fpring, to produce feed the 

 next year , or you may clap fome frames, 

 bell-glaffes, or other coverings, to fe- 

 cure it againft fevere frofts. 



Wild endive, or fuccory, is fown at 

 the very beginning of March, pretty 

 thick, and in ground well prepared 5 we 

 endeavour to fortify it, and by watering 

 to caufe it to grow big in the funimer, 

 that fo it may be fit to whiten in the 

 winter. The method to v/hiten it is to 

 cover it up with a great deal of long 

 dung, having firft cut it clofe to the 

 earth , by which means being forced to 

 fpring up (fays Mr. la ^intinye) 

 in obfcurity, and fhaded from all light, 

 its young fhoots grow white and tender j 

 the beft way of doing this being by 

 props, crolling from fide to fide, to keep 

 the dung from touching it, fince it fhoots 

 up in fuch an open manner, fo that care 

 be taken to fhut up the paiTages on all 

 fides, that little or no air or light can 

 get in 5 and being thus order d, its fhoots 

 are much cleanlier, and lefs fubjed to 

 tafte of the dung. There are fome peo- 

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