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falfify, potatoes, &c. (hould be taken up 

 in one of thefe months, elfe they will 

 grow worm-eaten and watry, and be 

 fpoird; but the parfnip will keep longer 

 in the ground than any ; all thefe roots 

 fhould be put in fand, ftratum fiiper ftra- 

 tum^ laid in an open cellar or conferva- 

 tory, and cover'd over with clean wheat- 

 ftraw in all frofty weather. 



The induftrious kitchen gardiner will 

 alfo take all the wet days and convenient 

 opportunities he can for roping his oni- 

 ons, and tying his gar lick, fliallots and 

 .roccambole up in bunches, to hang in the 

 chimney, during the winter, inafmuch as 

 that will prefervc them better than lying 

 on a floor. 



That he is to gather in dry, thrafh and 

 cleanfe all kind of feeds, I need but jufl 

 mention. 



This month and the next I call a fcind&^/c^ r 

 of an artificial fp ring for by means of^f*'^£^^^/ 

 hot-beds we have all or moft of tiiofe^;^ 'ga^-dcn 

 things that the real ipring produces ^ little ^/^^^^o''-"^" 

 falletings, fuch as lop lettuce, chervil/""'' 

 crelfes and muilard are weekly fown. 



The planting IcLtuce under frames and 

 glaffes, under which there is little dung, 

 is iftill continued, 



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