SB The Englijh Gardner. 
Plants offome Gardeners, but let them not exceed two years 
growth, or three at mod ; let the Situation be temperate, 
neither too dry, nor overmoift and cold,for then your Spara- 
gus will be late before it Spring; it fprings fafteft or quickeft 
in hot Sun-Chine weather: be careful in the Husbandry ofyour 
ground, that you carefully cleanfe it from all offenfive weeds, 
asTwich, Nettles, Dandelion or any other, efpecially that 
like the former are not ufiially deftroyedby ordinary weeding, 
otherwife they will be a perpetual trouble to you, befides the 
robbing of your Sparragus of much of their nourifhment; alfo 
know,that a Pole of ground istheleaft quantity you can Plant 
to have it worth your labour; indeed it is too little, for if you 
have notfo much as to afford you an indifferent Mefs at a cut¬ 
ting, then muft be at the trouble to cut what is ready, and 
keep it in fome convenient cool place until your ground have 
brought forth fufficient for a Mefs, but what trouble and te- 
dioufnefs it will be you may eafily guefs; alfo you muft be 
careful to keep it continually clean from weeds ; alfo in the 
cutting of your Sparragus, be careful that you cut not any but 
what is fit to cut, and avoid cutting within the ground, left 
in cutting one, you fpoil two or three, which is foon done. 
Having made ready your ground by good trenching, tread 
out your Beds about three foot wide,and a foot and half path 
between each bed,and then plant three rows of Plants on a bed, 
every Plant as much in length as in breadth,which will be near 
a foot from the middle of one Plant to the middle of another; if 
you Plant nearer, you cannot expeftto have yourSparagus 
fo fair, but rather a hindering or ftarvingofeach other; if you 
will draw off a quantity of mold offeach Bed, and then lay 
and ipread each Plant in order, and then cover your Plants 
with the mold you take off, or inftead of fo doing, you may 
bring a quantity of good mold and cover your Plant about 
two inches thick, or you may with your Hand or a Trowel 
open the ground, and railing the middle of the hole a little, 
fpread your plant, which you may eafily and readily do if 
your plants be /mail, but otherwife the other ways are bet¬ 
ter 
