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that by this there will be no Lofs, 

 but a real great Advantage, efpe- 

 Cially if you have more regard to the 

 Quality than to the Quantity of the 

 Seeds i which indeed is not always 

 the Cafe, when it is intended for 

 Sale : but thofe who fave it for their 

 own Uie, Ihould be very careful to 

 have it good. 



When your Seeds begin to ripen, 

 you mull be particularly careful, 

 that the i irds do not deliroy it ; for 

 they are very fond of thefe Seeds. 

 In order to prevent their Mifchief, 

 fome ute old Nets, which they throw 

 over their Seeds, to prevent their get- 

 ting to it : but this will not always 

 do ; for, unlefs the Nets are very 

 firong, they will force their Way 

 through them, as I have often feen ; 

 but the belt' Method I know, is to 

 get a Quantity of Birdlime, and 

 daub over a Parcel of llender Twigs, 

 which mould be fattened at each End 

 to llronger Sticks, and placed near 

 the Upper-part of the Seed, in dif- 

 ferent Places, fo that the Birds may 

 alight upon them, by which means 

 they will be fattened thereto : where 

 you mull let them remain for a con- 

 siderable time, if they cannot get off 

 thcmfelves : and altho' there lhould 

 not be above two or three Birds 

 caught, yet it will fufficiently terri- 

 fy the relt, that they will not come 

 to that Place again for a confiderabie 

 time (as I have experienced). 



When your Seed is fully ripe, 

 you mull: cut it off ; and, afrcr dry- 

 ing it, threfti it out, and preferve it 

 t in Bags for Ufe. 



But in planting of Cabbages for 

 Seed, I would advife never to plant 

 nice than . one Sort in a Place, or 

 near one another : as for Example, 

 revi;r plant red and white Cabbages 

 near each other, nor Savvey with 

 either white or red Cabbages ; for J 

 am very certain they will, by the 



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Commixture of their Effluvia, pro- 

 duce a Mixture of Kinds ; and it is 

 wholly owing to this Neglect, that 

 the Gardeners rarely fave any good 

 red Cabbage-feed in England, but 

 are obliged to procure frefh Seeds 

 from abroad, as fuppofmg the Soil 

 or Climate of England alters them 

 from Red to W'hite, and of a mix'd 

 Kind between both ; whereas, if they 

 would plant red Cabbages by them- 

 feives ior Seeds, and not fuffer any 

 other to be near them, they might 

 continue the Kind as good in Eng- 

 land, as in any other Part of the 

 World. 



Cauliflowers have of late Years 

 been fo far improved in England, as 

 to exceed in Goodnefs and Magni- 

 tude what are produced in moil Parts 

 of Europe, and, by the Skill of the 

 Gardener, are continued for feveral 

 Months together ; but the moll: com- 

 mon Seafon for them is in May,June 9 

 and July. I fhall therefore begin 

 with Directions for obtaining them 

 in this Seafon. 



Having procured a Parcel of good 

 Seed, of an early Kind, you mult 

 fow it on the 10th or 12th of Au- 

 gu/i, upon an old Cucumber or Me- 

 lon-bed, lifting a little Earth over 

 the Seeds about a Quarter of an Inch 

 thick ; and if the Weather lhould 

 prove extreme hot and dry, you 

 lhould fhade the Beds with Mats, to 

 prevent the Earth from drying too 

 fall, which would endanger the fpoil- 

 ing of your Seed ; and give it gentle 

 Waterings, as you may leeOccafion* 

 in about a Week's time your Seed 

 will appear above-ground, when ycu 

 mull take off your Coverings by de- 

 grees ; but do not expofe your Plants 

 too much to the open Sun at firff: in 

 about a Month's time after fowing, 

 your Plants will be fit to prick out ; 

 you lhould therefore put fome f'cth 

 Earth upon your old Cucumber or 

 Melon- 



