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toeing them out, as is practised for 

 Turneps, Carrot*, Onions, &e. pro- 

 vided you have no Occafion for the 

 fuperfluous Plants ; otherwife they 

 may be drawn up, and tranfplanted 

 into another Spot of good Ground 

 at the fame Diftance ; which if done 

 before the Plants are too large, they 

 , will fucceed very well, though they 

 will not be fo large as thofe which 

 were left upon the Spot where they 

 were fown ; but they will come 

 fomewhat later, which will be of 

 Service, where People do not conti' 

 nue fowing every Month. 



You mult alfo obferve in fowing 

 the fucceeding Crops, as the Seafon 

 advances, to choole a mady moift 

 Situation, but not under the Drip of 

 Trees ; otherwife, in the Heat of 

 Summer, they will run up to Seed 

 before they cabbage. In the Begin- 

 ning of Auguji you mould fow the 

 laft Crop, which is to ftand over 

 Winter ; and mould be fown thin 

 upon a good light Soil, in a warm 

 Situation ; and when the Plants are 

 come up, they muft be hoed out, fo 

 as to ftand fingly, and cut down all 

 the Weeds to clear them. In the 

 Beginning of October they mould be 

 tranfplanted into warm Borders ; 

 where, if the Winter is not very 

 fevere, they will ftand very well : 

 but in order to be fure of a Crop, it 

 will be advifeable to plant a few up- 

 on a Bed pretty clofe, where they 

 may be arched over with Hoops ; 

 and in fevere Frofts they mould be 

 cover'd with Mats, and Straw, or 

 Peas-haulm, to fecure them from 

 being deftroy'd ; and in the Spring 

 of the Year they may be tranfplant- 

 ed out into a warm rich Soil, at the 

 JOiftance before-mentioned ; but ftill 

 thofe which grew under the Wall, if 

 they efcaped the Winter, and were 

 fufFered to remain, will cabbage 

 fpoaer than thofe which are remo- 



ved ; but you muft obferve not tQ 

 place them too clofe to the Wall, 

 which would occafion their growing, 

 up tall, and prevent their being 

 large or hard. 



In order to fave good Seeds of 

 this Kind, you mould look over 

 your Lettuces when they are in Per- 

 fection ; and fuch of them as are 

 very hard, and grow low, mould 

 have Sticks thrult into the Ground^ 

 by the Sides of as many of them as 

 you intend for Seed, to mark them 

 from the reft ; and you mould care- 

 fully pull up all the reft from amongft 

 them as foon as they begin to run up, 

 if any happen to be left, left, by in- 

 termixing with the good ones, the 

 Seeds may degenerate. 



It may be fome Perfons may ob- 

 ject, that fuppofe fome bad ones' 

 Ihould happen to be left among them 

 (for Seeds to fow for fmall Sallads), 

 yet the good ones being mark'd, th« 

 Seeds heed not be mixed, and fo no 

 Danger can enfue from thence : but 

 notwithftanding ever fo much Care 

 being taken to keep the Seeds fepa- 

 rate, yet, whether from the inters 

 mixing of the Farina during thai 

 time of their being in Flower, of 

 what other Caufe, I can't fay ; but 

 it hath been obferved, that where 

 good and bad Plants have feeded up- 

 on the fame Spot, the Seeds of the 

 good Plants, which were carefully 

 favcd feparately, have very much de- 

 generated, and proved worfe than 

 iuch as have fecded by themfelves. 

 The Seeds mould always be laved 

 either from thofe which ftood thro* 

 the Winter, or thofe which were 

 fown early in the Spring ; for the 

 late ones very leldom perfect their 

 Seeds. 



The Cilicia y Imperial, Royal* 

 Black, White, and Upright Cot 

 Lettuces may be fown at the fol- 

 lowing times; the fuft Seafon for 



fowing 



