40S A SUTTLEMENT to 



ChriftmaSy and pruning and nailing comes 

 \ in, fhews who is the induftrious provi- 

 dent gardiner, and who not. 



To have radifhes at Chrijlmas or C^«- 

 dlemaSy ^hty ftiould be fown on a hot-bed 

 under glafles about the middle of tiiis 

 month; and it is requir'd for radifhes (as 

 well as for all other falletings indeed) that 

 we muft beat down with a board the fu- 

 perficies of the earth, to render it a lit- 

 tle folid. 



Thofe that are fo curious as to prick 

 in their radifli feeds at two or three inches 

 diftance, two or three feeds in a hole, will 

 not repent their labour. 

 The labour We are nowarriv'd to the laft ftage or 



^^^^^k-uh ^^^'^^^^ y^^^'' ^ mean December y 



which ftill requires fome adivity in our 



^/j Decern- induftrious gardiner, whether it betovi- 

 fit thofe things which he has call an um- 

 brel or covering over in open ground, or 

 what is his moft conftant and anxious care, 

 his cucumbers, afparagus, lettuce, and 

 mufihrooms, all growing on hot-beds, 

 which daily and hourly renew his care, 

 and to an honeft and willing mind his 

 grateful task. 



If it be a pertinent caution given in all 

 months to renew the care of that going 



before;^ 



