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$he common Method of trenching 

 Ground, fo as that the Row of Ar- 

 tichokes may be exactly in the Mid- 

 dle of each Ridge ; this will be fuf- 

 iicient to guard them againft Froft: 

 and I would here recommend it to 

 the Public, as infinitely preferable 

 to long Dung, which is by the Un- 

 ikilful often ufed, and is the Qcca- 

 fion of their Fruit being fmall, and 

 almoft without any Bottoms to them ; 

 for there is not any thing fo hurtful 

 to thefe, as new Dung being either 

 buried near, or laid about them. Ob- 

 serve, that although I have mention- 

 ed Ottober as the Seafon for earth- 

 ing them, yet, if the Weather proves 

 mild, it may be deferred till any 

 time in November. 



Since we have experienced, that, 

 in fevere Frofts, thefe Roots are 

 fometimcs deftroyed, therefore it is 

 proper to give fome Directions to 

 prevent it ; although this rarely hap- 

 pens in dry Ground, in which we 

 have but few Inftances of their be- 

 ing killed, except in the hard Frofts 

 <uf 1683. and 1739-40. In thefe two 

 Winters moft of the Artichokes were 

 deftroyed in England : in the lafi of 

 thefe Winters, it happened from the 

 little Care which was taken of them, 

 there having been no Froft: for fo 

 .many Years before, which had in- 

 jured them, that few People ufed 

 any Care to prefer ve them ; but fince 

 that hard Froft, many People have 

 fun into the other Extreme of cover- 

 ing all their Roots of Artichokes 

 with long Dung every Winter,which 

 is a very bad Method, becaufe the 

 JDung lying near the Roots is very 

 apt to rot the beft Plants : therefore 

 I would advife the Earthing (or. as 

 it is called by the Gardeners, Land- 

 ing) of the Artichokes to be defer- 

 red till the Middle or Latter-end cf 

 November, provided the Seafon con- 

 (jnues fo long mild j and toward 



Ckrijlmas, if there is any Danger of 

 fevere Frofts, to lay a Quantity of 

 long Dung, Peas-haulm, Tanners 

 Bark, or any other light Covering, 

 over the Ridges of Earth, which will 

 keep out the Froft; and this, being 

 at a Diftance from the Roots, will 

 not injure them ; but this Covering 

 mould be carefully taken oft* the Be- 

 ginning of February, provided the 

 Seafon is mild, or at leaft fo foon as 

 the Weather is fo, otherwife the 

 Plants will be injured by its lying 

 too long upon them. 



It will alfo be a good Method,, 

 whenever any Roots of Artichokes 

 are dug up in the Autumn, either to 

 bury them deep in the Ground in a 

 Pit till Spring, or lay them in an 

 Heap, fo as that they may be eafily 

 covered in hard Frofts; and thefe 

 may be a Supply, if thofe in the 

 Ground are deftroyed. 



When you have thus earth'd them 

 up, you have nothing more to do 

 till February or March, by which 

 time they will have grown through 

 the Ridge of the Earth ; and, when 

 the Weather is proper, muft be dreff- 

 ed as was before directed. 



When you have a mind to make 

 a new Plantation, after having dig- 

 ged and buried fome very rotten 

 Dung in the Ground you have allot- 

 ted for that Purpofe, make choice 

 of fuch of your Plants as were taken 

 from your old Stocks, which are 

 clear, found, and not woody, have- 

 ing fome Fibres to their Bottom ; 

 then with your Knife cut off that 

 knobbed woody Part, which joined 

 them to the Stock ; and if that cuts 

 crifp and tender, it is a Sign of its 

 Goodnefs ; but if tough and ftringy, 

 throw it away as good for nothing ; 

 then cut off the large outfide Leaves 

 pretty low, that the Middle, or Heart- 

 leaves, may be above them. Your 

 Plants being thus prepared (if the 



