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Beds will come a Fortnight fooner 

 to cut than thofe made about Cbriji- 

 tnas ; and the Buds will be larger, 

 and better co!our , d, as they enjoy 

 a greater Share of the Sun. 



If you intend to follow this Me- 

 thod of forcing early Afparagus, 

 you mull keep planting every Year 

 a Quantity, which you fhall judge 

 iiecefiary, unlefs you intend to buy 

 it from fome other Garden : the 

 Quantity of Roots necefiary to plant 

 one Light, is commonly known by 

 the Meafure of the Ground where 

 they grew : for in a good Crop, 

 where few Roots are miffing, one 

 Rod of Ground will furnilh enough 

 for a Light : but thofe who plant 

 Afparagus, with a Defign to take it 

 up for forcing at two Years End, 

 plant fix Rows in each Bed, at ten 

 Inches Diftance only, and lay the 

 Plants in the Rows about eight Inches 

 afunder ; which will be a fufricient 

 Diftance, as they are defigned to 

 jemain but two Years. The beft 

 Ground for planting Afparagus, to 

 have large Roots for Hot-beds, is a 

 low moift rich Soil : but for thofe 

 that are to remain for a natural Pro- 

 duce, a middling Soil, neither too 

 wet, nor too dry : but a frem fandy 

 I oam, when well dunged, is pre- 

 ferable to any other. 



All the other Sorts are preferved 

 in the Gardens of thofe Perfons who 

 are Lovers of Botany, for Variety. 

 T hefe may be all propagated by 

 Seeds, which mould be fown in 

 Tots filled with frefh light Earth, 

 e arly in the Spring : thefe Pots may 

 Le placed on a moderate Hot-bed, 

 which will greatly forward the Ve- 

 getation of the Seed. When the 

 Plants begin to appear, they mould 

 be inured to the open Air by de- 

 crees, and muft be kept clear from 

 Weeds; a.- alfo, in dry Weather, 

 jkuit be frequently refrefhed with 



Water. In Autumn thefe muft be 

 either removed into the Green- 

 houfe, or placed under an Hot-bed- 

 frame, where they may be protected 

 from Froft ; for as they are Natives 

 of warm Countries, they will not 

 endure the Cold of our Climate in 

 Winter : the Spring following, jult 

 before the Plants begin to (hoot, 

 the Roots mould be turned out of 

 the Pots, and the Earth gently ftpa- 

 rated from them ; then they mould 

 be parted } and as many of the belt 

 Roots as are intended to be pre- 

 ferved, mould be planted each into 

 a feparate Pot filled with frem light 

 Earth, and then placed on a very 

 moderate Hot -bed, covered only 

 with Mats, juir. to promote their 

 new Roots ; and when the Weather 

 is mild, they may be expofed to the 

 open Air : thefe Plants may be placed 

 abroad during the Summer-feafon ; 

 but in Winter they muft be pro- 

 tected from hard Froft, which will 

 otherwife deftroy them. The only 

 Culture which thefe Sorts require, 

 is, to fhift them every Spring into 

 frefh Earth, juft before they begin 

 to moot; and as their Roots increafe 

 in Magnitude, they mould be al- 

 lowed larger Pots. In Summer they 

 muft be frequently watered ; but in 

 Winter, when their Green is de- 

 cayed, they mould not have too 

 much Water, left it rot them. 



The laft Sort never produces ripe 

 Fruit in this Country ; but it in- 

 creases plentifully by Off-fets, which 

 mould be taken off in the Spring, 

 before they fhoot, otherwife they 

 do not fucceed fo Well. The Roots 

 of this Sort are very fubjecl to rot, 

 where they have too much Wet in 

 Winter. 



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 ASPERUGO, Small wild Bu- 



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