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to have as many Crops from their 

 Land in a Seafon as pofiible ; but, 

 where Land is cheap in the Country, 

 it will be the better Method to fow 

 it alone without any other Sort of 

 Seed mix'd with it ; and when the 

 Plants are come up, the Ground 

 ihould be hoed to deitroy theWeeds, 

 and cut out the Plants where they 

 are too clofe, leaving the remaining 

 about three Inches afunder : and 

 when they are grown fo large as to 

 meet, you may then cut out a Part 

 of it for Ufe, thinning the Plants, 

 that they may have room to fpread ; 

 and this Thinning may be twice 

 perform'd, as there is Occafion for 

 the Spinach ; at the lair, of whfch, 

 the Roots mould be left eight or ten 

 Inches afunder. If then you hoe 

 the Ground over again, to deftroy 

 the Weeds, ft will be of great Ser- 

 vice to the Spinach ; for if theLand 

 is good upon which it was fown, 

 the third Sort, with this Manage- 

 ment, will many times produce 

 Leaves as large as the broad-leav'd 

 Dock, and be extremely fine. 



But in order to have a SuccefTion 

 of Spinach through the Seafon, it 

 will be proper to fow the Seed at 

 three diiftrent times in the Spring ; 

 the firft early in January, which 

 muft be on a dry Soil ; the fecond 

 the Beginning of February ^ upon a 

 moifter Soil ; and the third the Be- 

 ginning of March, which mould be 

 on a verymoitf: and this thirdSowing 

 mould be hoed out thinner at the firft 

 time of hoeing it, than either of the 

 former Sowings ; for there will be 

 no Neceffity to leave it for cutting 

 out thin for Ufe, becaufe the former 

 Sowings will be fufiicient to fupply 

 ! theTable till this third Sowing is fu!l- 

 ! grown : befides, by leaving it thin 

 at firir, it will not be apt to run up 

 to Seed fo foon as it would if the 

 Plants were clofe. 



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Thefe Sowings here mentioned are 

 fuch as are practised by the Kitchen- 

 gardeners near Loudon ; but as this 

 Herb is much u.'d in Soups, C5V. for 

 great Tables, there fliould be fome 

 Seeds fown every three Weeks, da- 

 ring the Summer-feaion, to fupply 

 the Kitchen : but thefe late Sowings 

 ihould be on moift Ground, other- 

 wife, if the Summer proves hot and 

 dry, the Spinach will run to Seed 

 before the Plants obtain Strength. 



In order to lave Seed cf either 

 of thefe Kinds, you mould fow an 

 open rich Spot of Ground, with the 

 Sort you intend, in February, after 

 the Danger of being injured by 

 Froit. is over ; and when the Plants 

 are come up, they Ihould be hoed 

 out to fix or eight Inches Diftance, 

 obferving to cut down the Weeds at 

 the fame time ; and when the Plants 

 have grown about three Weeks or a 

 Month longer, they Ihould be hoed 

 a fecond time, when they mould be 

 left twelve or fourteen Inches afun- 

 der at leaft ; fcr when they have fhot 

 out their Side-branches, they will fuf- 

 ficiently fpread over the Ground. 



You muft alfo obferve to keep 

 them clear from Weeds, which, if 

 fuffer'd to grow amongft the Spi- 

 nach, will caufe it to run up weak, 

 and greatly injure it. When the 

 Plants have run up to Flower, you 

 will eafily perceive two Sorts amongft 

 them, 172. Male and Female ; the 

 Male will produce Spikes of mimi- 

 neousFlowers, which contain thei\«-_ 

 n'na, and are abfolutely neceflary to 

 impregnate the Embryoes of the 

 Female Plants, in order to render the 

 Seeds prolific. Thefe Male Plants 

 are, by the Gardeners, commonly 

 cali'd She Spinach ; and are often, 

 by the Ignorant, puli'dup as foon as 

 they can be d:ltingumVd from the 

 Female, in order, as they fuppofe to 

 give room for the Sead- bearing to 



