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the fame Crops two Years together: 

 but the Crops mould be annually 

 changed, whereby they will prove 

 much better than when they con- 

 flantly grow upon the fame Spot. 

 Indeed the Kitchen-gardeners near 

 London, where Land is dear, are of- 

 ten obliged to put the fame Cr. p 

 upon the Ground for two or three 

 Years together; but then they dig 

 and manure their Land fo well every 

 Year, as to render it almolt new : 

 tho\ notwithilanding all this, it is 

 conftantly obferved, that frefh Land 

 always produces the belt Crops. 



If one of thefe Quarter?, which 

 is fituated nearelt to the Stables, and 

 beft defended from the cold Winds ; 

 or if either of the Slips without the 

 Garden wall, which is well expofed 

 to the Sun; lies convenient, and is 

 of a proper Width ; that fhou'd be 

 preferr'd, for a Place to make Hot- 

 beds for tarly Cucumbers, Melons, 

 & c. The Reafons for my giving the 

 Preference to one of thefe Slip--, is, 

 £rft, there will be no Dirt or Litter 

 carried over the Walks of the Kitch- 

 en - garden in Winter and Spring, 

 when the Weather is generally wet ; 

 fo that the Walks will be rendered 

 unfightly : fecondly, the View of the 

 Kot-beds will be excluded from 

 Sight; and laltly, the Convenience 

 of carrying the Dung into thefe 

 Slips ; for by making of a Gate in 

 the Hedge or Pale, wide enough for 

 a fmall Cart to enter, it may be done 

 with much lef, Trouble than that of 

 barrowing it thro' the Garden : and 

 where there can be a Slip Jong 

 enough to contain a fufntient Num- 

 ber of Beds for two or three Years, 

 it will be of great Uie, becaufe by 

 the Shifting of the Beds annually 

 they will fucceed much better than 

 when they are continued for a Num- 

 ber of Years on the fame Spot of 

 Ground. As it will be abfolutely 



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riecefTary to fence this Melon-ground 

 with a Reed-hedge, it may be lo con- 

 trived as to move away in Panels ; 

 and then that Hedge which was on 

 the Upper-fide the firft Year, being 

 carried down to a proper Diftance 

 below that which was the lower 

 Hedge, and which may remain, 

 there will be no occafion to remove 

 more than one of the crofs Hedges 

 in a Year ; therefore I am perfua- 

 ded, whoever will make Trial of this 

 Method, will find it the molt eligi- 

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The mod important Points of ge- 

 neral Culture confiit in well digging 

 and manuring the Soil, and giving a 

 proper Diftance to each Plant, ac- 

 cording to their different Growths 

 (which is conftantly exhibited in 

 their feveral Articles in this Book), 

 as alfo in keeping them clear from 

 Weeds; for if Weeds are permitted 

 to grow until their Seeds are ripe, 

 they will filed upon the Ground, and 

 fill it fo as not to be gotten out 

 again* in feveral Years. You mould 

 alfo obferve to keep your Dunghils 

 always clear from W T eeds ; for it 

 will be to little Purpofe to keep the 

 Garden clean, if this is not obferv- 

 ed ; for the Seeds, falling among 

 the Dung, wiil be brought into the 

 Garden, whereby there will be a 

 conllant Supply of W r eeds yearly in- 

 troduced, to the no fmall Damage 

 of your Plant-, an d a perpetual 

 Labouroccafioned to extirpate tnem 

 again. As for all other necellary Di- 

 rections, they will be found in the Ar- 

 ticles of the feveral Sorts of Kitchen- 

 garden Plants ; which renders it 

 needlefs to be repeated in this 

 Place. 



KIGGELARIA. 



This Name is applied to this 

 Genus by Dr. Linnsrus, in Honour 

 to the Memory of Francis Kiggelar, 

 who was the Superintendant of the 

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