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fhould be ohfemd, lhat the time for th:s work is

not only in this month, but from No.e01ber till April ;

(making frefh buds every momh tO follow one another

for a eooflant fupply) and in April eomel the natural

erop.

A very moderate hot-bed made aFter the manner (¡rfl

direéled, will Cem to propagate early flrawbmies.

You may make a beJ in tlYO or three hours, with the

ufe of hot lime and powdered dung, the dung being in the

middle, and the lime underneath and at top; over whieh

you fhould layaquantity of fine rieh mould.

To raife radifhes in the hot·bed with CueeeCs, you

Ihould have Cuffieient thiekneFs of rieh light mould, that

they may have proper depth to root io before tbey reaeh

tbe dung.

Radifhes may be Cowed all tbe year, but in hot-beds

the winter.

Mullard, lettuee, ererres, aod other Callading, are ge–

IlmJly raiCed from the Ceeds

Cown

indrills or lines,inCuch

expoCureas is required by the C.aCon of the year; in

tbe wimer.CeaCon, on moderate hot beds; in the fpriog,

uoder glarres and frames ; aod in the Cummer,

natural

beds of emh.

Crerres Cowo in the natural ground in Augufl, refill

tbe frofls of the winter, and help

g~.eady

to inrich the

hot-bed Callads with the high tafle theymaiotain by bcing

cxpoCed to the opeo airo

Small berbs fhou ld be drawn up by the rOOIS from ¡he

hot beds; and, in Cowinga fecond crop, Ceeds

another

kind {boulJ be [owo, aod not the fame kind iD tbe [ame

place.

The hotCpur, charlton mafler, and other peas, mua

be fown iDdrills three feet afuoder, that,ynu may have

room to go between them; and the lines fhonld run from

Dorth

[outh.

Wheo !hey have /hol about fixioches high, emh them

aboDt four ioches

both fides of the lioes, raifing a liule

baok on the eafl ude of them, to defeod them from tbe

blafiing winds.

In February you may fO\ll a Cecood crop, and inMarcb

tbird.

You mufl, in the beginoing

the winter, Cow tll ice

Ibe quantity of peaCe you oeed to do, if you Ilay till Fe–

bruary or March ; beeauCe the cold weatber aod !he

mice will deflroy great part of them .

F E

R U A R Y.

FLowER -G ARD EN.

Fo~

the bener mmgeOlent of ¡be :luricula, which is

to be Cowo this mOOlh, prepare a box of oak or deal,

four feet long, two fcet lYide, aod fix ioches deep, with

holes in tbebouom, fix ioches diflaoce from each other ;

in which, after layiog two ioches thick of cinders or

Cea–

eoals; aod fpreading over them Come eauh taken out ofhol–

low wlllow-trccS, tiJl you have 6J1ed the box,

Cow

the Ceeds

the tOP, witl.out any covering of eanh, prefling them

into th. monld with

Hat board, in order to Ccule them

bdow the edges of the box Ihat the light [eeds may not

1I0at over tbe brimin watering ,

From the lime of Cowing to Ihe beginning of April, this

box mull be placeu wl'ere it \ViII rmive Ihe luo; bUI af.

ter thar time, it mufl be removed intoafhady place; aod

the [eeus mufl be conunually refrdhed with geotle wa.

teriogs.

the Ceedlings do nOt come up the 6rfl ym, they

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Ihe Cecond; aod in Joly or

A~gufl,

aFter they appear a.

bove ground, will be flrong enc>ugh

tranCplant; wbeb

you mufl Cet themio beus of light eauh wdl Hted, :!t

about four inches diflance from each other, and place

them where they may receive only the moroing fun.

The April afterwards they will begin to /he\V Ihem.

Celves, wheo they /hould be Iranfplanted into pOI! fill,d

with Coil made of ooe load of melon wth, 'or dung well

rotted, half

load of Cea-faod, and half a load of fandy

loan!; or a load of melon emh, and the like of fandy

loam; or one load of rotten wood, or the botlom of

wood -pile, the Came quantil

of loaro, aod half aload of

meloo earth, prepared as above.

TheCe flo\\lm roull be carefully fheltered from the

rains, IYhich greatly impair their colours.

Provided the wealher is mild, you may, toward the

end of this momh, plant om your choice mnations imo

Ihe pOts where they are tO remain to Hower; io doing

which, you fllould

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take too much of the wth from

their roots; and when they are planted, it will be pro·

per to place the pot! in a warm filUarioo (but not tOO

Dear walls, or pales, \Vhich will draw thero up weak);

and arch themover with hOOP5, that in bad wealher they

may be covered with mats; for unleCs they acquire

!ltength in the fpriog before

the

heat comeson, they

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not produce large fiolYers.

Tbe polyaothus Ceed mufl

Cowo upao a place pre–

pared with eanh takeo OUt of decayed w.llow5, oftenwa·

tered and kept fhaded from the Cuo all April aod May,

till the young plams are come up.

The Ceedliogs will be fit to IrdoCplant the July or Au–

gull followiog into beds: the Coil of which /hould be

fomewh~t

bindiog, and their expoCure ooly tO the moro–

ing Cun.

You may have an looual fupply of larkfpurs without

the trouble of Cowiog, by fu!Feriog the Ceeds of the fiolY–

ers to drop, which will come up tbe enCuiog fpring : tbey

are Cown in Cpots, and Rourifh in variety of grouod.

The Gogle Con of Sweet Williamis raiCed by

Ce.ds

COll'n

in February or Mmb; the double fóns, proragma

from flips taken near the roO! about Mmh or April, aod

planted in a loamy Coil: they may alCo be laid dowoin

the earth like carnation laym.

Holyhocks are raiCed by Ceeds Cown in this moolh, re·

moved in Augull or September to their proper places of

vegetation, in rieh emh.

The mon agreeable diCpofition of Ihis Rower is, uoder

Come coarCe wall, which they \ViII handfomely

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any other place guarded from the ",inds.

Pinks, and candY'lUfts, are generally ufed io

ed~ngs

io gardens, aod iofides of bordm, where they

are

plaot–

ed in CPOts, aod have a very agreeable e!Feél.

The feed is fowo in lines in this OIonth br March: or

Ihey may be p.opagated froOl Oips

pl~oted

my early io

!he Cpring, or iD

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