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G A R D E N N G.
"tll rooted, aod hereby a ehoicer fort of mcloos may he
geoerally obl.ined; which, io the common metbod, fre–
quenrly rnibrry, or produce but linle fruit_
The alleys betw~en thefe beJs OlOuld be 2flerIVards
raifed witb duog aod emh lO Ih~ level of tn~ bcJs, that
the roou may have room to eXI~od 00 each fide, for lhe
roots of lhefe pl,lnl! fpread as f.r io lhe grouod as lheir
branenes eXlend 00 lhe furface. .
Of kidney·beans \Ve have 1'110 fons; tI,e ooe, which
is c.lled Ihe Hatterfea-bean, bears early. aod near Ih~
rOOI, wilhoul rllooiug high; aod lhe olber, gro\Vs oear
lix fm higlr_
We fow thefe bunl, the firfl IVeek io lhis mooth, about
four inch~s apan, in drills from nonh lO foulh, io a ligh!
frelh foil, covering them wilh emh, raifed ioa ridge, to
keep the w~l·from thcm: the lioes of the Bauerfea-bedos
fhould be too feet apan ; and lheoth~r [Ort are be folVo
io·row! like rouoceval-peas, haviog alle)'s betweeo tbem
two feet and ·a half wide; the former kiod oeed OOt be
flaked, hut tt!e others will 001 bear well uolefs Ihey are
lIaked.
From lhe firfl fowiog io Ihis moolh, you may, ooce
evcry Ihree weeks ti:1 the midóle of July, eoolinlle to
foIV frelh grouod with kidoey-bcaos to fueceed ooe ao–
other; obferviog, thal whm che grouod il very dr)', as
io Juoe aod July, aod the weather hot, you mufl waler
.the drrlls as fooo as you have opeoed them, before you
pUl iothe fced, whieh will coolribule la Iheir vegeta–
tioo ; but after tbey are fOIVO, you mufl al'oid wateriog
t1lem,
Toward the eod of this moolh, you may fow the
aoopareil!, and Ihe Spanilh morollo'peas, . bout two or
three inehes apare io lines. leaving a fpace of three or fou r
feet for a!leys, lill the whole is fowo; and wheo they
gr.owo up fix inches high, earth Ihem up, and fel one row
of fiicks or boughs abou! fix fec! high, 00 each fide, for
t1r~Ol tO run up, and you wili have a pleoliful erop_
The eharlton. or maller-holfpur, Ihould be fown in
Deeember, fvr d1e 6rfl crop, io d"lIs abou! two or thrce
leet .fuoder, the lines runniog froOl nonh to foulh :-a fe–
cead crop of the faOle kind of peas fhould be fownin Fe–
bruary; and in March we may put in a Ihird erop of Ihe
lime fort.
Sume ground may be prepared about tbe begiooing of
April (\)r Ihe dwad-peas, which felUOOl rifehigher Ihanhalf
a foot, aod are to be fet four or fi ve ioches apart, in lines
abaol eighleeo inches dilldOt from one aoolher ; anJ in
urder to hav.e a conftao, fupply of young peas, therc is a
fon of dwarf peas whieh may b~ fown iD May or June,
io edgings upon a gentle hotobed, the firft week in Sep–
tember, aDd will produce peas in the winler,
SpdniO\ charuons Oldy 00'11 b~ fuwo in Ihe oalural grouod;
you are to OI,ke holes for Ihe [ecd, abolll five or fix fcel
diflance, and pU l (our or five feeos io hole : ,od
when they aro come up, leave grolVing only one flrong
plaol io a h~:e (or blaochiog.
Lavcnda and rofcnwy are "ired from nip> phntcd in
Ihis month , whi.:h takc loot al<nolllmmedimly if lbey ar~
n,OOIS of the Idr! year. bllt if they are older Ih")' II ;!I
not &row: thefe plan" Ihould loe fet io a linht [.nJ)'
(0:1, io lhe w4r~d! alld patt of lhe g,trJ~n_
]VI A Y.
FLo wE R-GARD tN .
T HE ficoid~s. whieh is rropagat~d by the clIttiog!,
beiog planted abroad io a nalural bed of emb iD tbiJ
mootll, w;U be fit lO put iD pots iD AllguH, wh~re ii
may remain io opco air till Ihe lamr eod of Septelltber ;
fome kinds of this rlanl beiog aouual, mufl be raifed fronl
feeds every year; and oo~ fon of il \ViII Hand Ihe lIin–
ler, if lOe raife youog plaots of it about J"Iy or Augull¡
Ihal do 001bloflom iDIbree or four moolhs.
The Ihrub-kinds, which have tbeir Halks IVoody, will
bear moderate wateriogs; but Ihe o:hers, which are more
fucculent, Olufl have very linle waler. '¡-he[e plaol!
mufl be expofed 10 Ihe fun, which Ivill open Iheir blofr
[oms, unlefs it be t\Vo kiods, whieh only fiower in Ihe
oight. The clltliogs of thde plaotSIhould nOI be planted
btfore the wouodtd pans have becn dried a' day or t\VO
in Ihe fuo.
The tOrch-thiflle is a fuccllleot plaot, raifed frcm cut–
tiogs plaoled between May and Ihe end of July. upon a
littleJlill in the midole of the pOI, for they eao hardly
eodure water: and before Ihey are put ioto Ihe hot bed,
they mufl abroad about twenty days to tue rool ;
their wateriogs mufl be feldoOl , aod geotle: aod the belt
compofi for this plant is, the tubbith oi old walls, mixed
with abour one third of faody foil. The fidums, efpe–
cially the tree·kiod, are eafily propagated from branches
fel io Ihe earth io a light fandy foil¡ either in lbi, or any
of the (ummer-moolhs, gil'iog themalittlewater. aml
as much air aod Ihade as poflibJe io the fummer i and in
Ihe wioler no waler at all.
There are feveral fom of lbe geranium, wltich ar~
raifed by plantiog Ihe cutlings, this month, in oatu ra.!
ground, whcre they \ViII become proper for tran[planting
tbe Augufi rt 1I0U'Ing; and from feeds fowo jn Mareh on
hot·hed._ Thofe planled ln the oatural gruund requtre a
medium foil wilhout dung, mufl be frequently wmred,
anJ houfcd widl Ihe orallge-Irces.
Thc amomum Plinii is raifed from cutcings pl~nted
Ihis month in Ihe n.ttural ground: duriog Ihe fur.,mcr il
mul! f1aod io fome. place defeoded from lbe [un, and he
cOllfl.ntly fupplied wi th waler.
Cultiogs of lhe Arabiao j Ifamin may tI,is mont h be
planted io a faody loil, and i3 mOle injured by wet lhan
cold. Al the liOle tlle euttings are I.kenfrcm Ibis plaol,
il lhoulJ pruncd to witllin r.x ioches 01 Ihe lall, year's
Ihoor, aod hare frelh earth put tO the roOts; by ,,"hich
meaos il will Ihool ncar a foot io Ihe CO[Uil1g fOlllmer
Laye!"s uf Ihe myrtle-Iree !houlJ be madc dlls mool h :
Ihe youogcfl OWOIS murl be be!}1 iOlo d'e e~lIh, dter it
il wdllbned; and bciog Ortcn rC[I cfhed witl, waler. will
,,¡ke IuOl. and be ÚI la off from lhe Ololher·pl.ots
iD the fpriog fullowmg. lo .luly. tite tUlliogs of Ihis
Iree are pJ.lOteJ , Hril'pin.Qoff the leal'es, lWO ioches f,om
eJlh tuttiog, and [ettiog lbcm Ihal deplh, about an inch
ap"I. In POtS of r.o~ Ji~hl ""nh, wateriog liJeol frcqutol–
ly 1111 Ihe)" hal'C takcn rUOi. II'hidlll'ill b~ about die1.1lter
w.J ~f ,~u;un i ucJ ¡¡ü: )'ouog I'laomioo is lO lcn:a;~ til!
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