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WORK TO BE DONE IN THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 
As this is a period in which much may be done towards the 
laying out and preparing of new kitchen gardens for the ensuing 
season, &c. I refer you for general instructions on that subject to 
page 108, &c. 
Spinage, Corn- Salad, and Winter- Cresses. 
You should now be very attentive to the keeping of your winter 
spinage free from weeds, and to the thinning of the plants where 
they stand too close; otherwise they will not be sufficiently strong 
and firm to endure the severity of the approaching frosts. 
Corn-salad and winter-cresses, should be treated as directed for 
spinage, and for the same reason; but the distance of two or three 
inches, plant from plant, will be sufficient for these. This should 
be done early in the month, for it is not prudent either to thin or 
weed succulent plants of any kind immediately on the eve of a 
severe frost, as the sudden exposure of the shaded and tender parts 
to it would prove very destructive. 
Winter-dressing of Asparugus Beds. 
Where omitted last month, dress your asparagus beds as directed 
in page 520. Indeed there is no better season than the first or 
second week of this month for that business. 
Lettuces. 
The lettuces which were planted in frames last month should 
be still suffered to enjoy the free air every day while the weather 
continues mild and dry, by taking the glasses entirely off early in 
the morning; but let them be put on again in the evening, or when- 
ever the weather becomes cold or wet; for if these plants are kept 
too close, they will draw up and become weakly, tender, and of 
little value. 
When the weather is very wet or cold, keep the glasses on, and 
should the frost set in rather too severe towards the end of the 
month, you must give the necessary covering, so as to prevent the 
plants from getting frozen; but be careful to admit air to them at 
every favourable opportunity. 
In the first week of this month, you should plant into the frames, 
