Mar.] 



THE CULINARY GARDEN. 



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Plant rooted slips of balm, burnet, tarragon, tansey, penny- 

 royal, feverfew, and camomile. In taking off the slips of these 

 plants, preserve some root to each; plant them nine or ten 

 inches from each other, in beds of rich earth 



Sow hyssop, thyme, savory, and sweet-marjoram, any time 

 this month. These seeds should be sown separately in beds 

 of rich light earth, and raked in ; or they may be sown in 

 shallow drills, six inches asunder, covering them with fine 

 earth a quarter or half an inch deep, or some may be sown in 

 a single drill along the edges of borders, &c. where the plants 

 will make useful edgings, particularly thyme, savory, or hys- 

 sop, as these sorts are perennials ; the sweet-marjoram only 

 being annual ; but to forward sweet or knotted marjoram, it is 

 most advisable to sow the seed on a slight hot-bed, to trans- 

 plant it out, and treat it in the same manner as directed for 

 sweet basil. 



These plants may either remain where sown, or may be 

 transplanted, for which purpose they will be fit in J une : but 

 if the former mode be adopted, they should at the above time 

 be thinned to five or six inches distant, and those which are 

 drawn out, may be planted in other beds, six inches asunder. 

 Those which are sown for edgings need not be much thinned. 



Plant cuttings of sage, hyssop, thyme, and savory, any time 

 this month. These should be of the young shoots of last 

 year, about four or five inches long, cut them off close to the 

 place where they arise; but there are, sometimes, off'-set 

 shoots rising from the bottom of the old plants, that are fur- 

 nished with roots, which should be particularly chosen. If 

 cuttings be preferred, plant them under a hand or bell-glass 

 in some light rich mould, and when rooted, transplant them, 

 where they are to remain. 



SMALL SALADING. 



Cresses, mustard, radish, rape, &c. should be sown once a 

 week in a dry warm border. But where the convenience pre- 

 sents itself of forcing-houses or hot-fi-ames, prefer sowing them 

 in flat boxes, for the purpose of taking the benefit of such 

 convenience. Sow in light vegetable mould, or sandy earth, 



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