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",here t11cre is a .acancy, and nailed againlf the watl,

íhey will grow llraiter aoJ finer flavoured than thoCe óo

Ihe ground.

Replant imperial aod Silefia lettuce : {ow fome of!he

,,·hite and brown Dutch cos.1muc., to be planted out

for cabbaging in Juoe : Cow radi(hes and endive very thin,

10 be braoched \Vithout tranfplanting; and you may alCo

fow' purJJane aod cabbage·{etd; uaofplanl cauliBower·

plants

make your firll drills for fellery, if your plants

are large enough. Plant OUI cabbages and beet·ehard;

and you may yet fow thymc, {weet marjoram, and gilly-

Ilowers.

You fllould oow be very careful to dellroy weed, be.

fore they Oled their feeds ; dellroy alCo the oells of eater–

pillars and other in{eas which annoy your trees; prune

-off all crumpeled leaves, for they harbour the worll of

.ermio; aod if the weather be dry, water oew plaoted

trees, aCparagus,

&c.

U N E.,

LO W E R'

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DEN.

THE leaves of the faffron

~roeus

appear as {oon as the

flower is pall, aod remaio aH winler, which io !he fpriog

!hould be tied togelher in knol' 10 help the increafe of

Ibe roots; and Ihefe will be 61 to remove or tranfplaot

about Midrummer. This plant delights in ebalky grouod,

bUI il witl proCper alfo in a faody foil; and Ihe pilliUum

éontains the {alfroo ufed in medicine. The roots of Ihe

teveral kinds of crocus may be taken OUI of the ground

this mooth, aod replanted wilh other bulbs ; !hey love

Iight foil, aod may be increafed by off-felS.

Tbe cyclamen is propagaled from Ceeds Cown as fooo

as ripe, in a light foil, and tranfplaote'd iD Midfummer

wheD their leaves are decayed; and it is a general rule,

that atl bulbs may be fafely traDfplaoted, when their

1I0.'ers and leaves are decayed.

The colchicum thrives bell in a Candy foil, aod will oo·

bear tranfplaming about Midfummer, when the roots

are eotirely at rell. There are many forts of aloes, the

moll commOD whereof are brought from America; but

Africa produces ¡he grealell varielY, where they grow

upon rocky ground.; Iherefore ¡he earth proper lor

Ihem is to be made wilh one half faody foil, and the

other rubbifh of old walls, l1)ixed and fi fted togelher;

you (hould plant Ihem fhallow in the pots, raifing Ihe

eanh about them, fo Ihat the

pl~nl

may, as ii were, fland

a hill ; and when you waler them, do it without

louchiog any part of Ihe planl, olherwife Ihey \ViII be iD

aanger of roning; Ihe off·fets of Ihe aloe may be plant–

ed in the lauer end of Ihis Dlonlh, and the begiooing of

July, \Vhen lhey (hould be fuffcred

lland abroad for

about oine days; and Ihey may behelped wilh a h@t·bed

as foon as they beginto lake rOOI; if the wwher be fair

while the aloes are abroad, Iheir earth being dry, wiJl

require watering once a.week; and from Ihe lime of

Iheir being houfed lilllhe middle uf Oaober, gentle re–

frdhments may be given Ihem while Ihe fun is upon thcm

in lhe morniog; bUI from Oaoher 10 March, Ihey mull

be kept very dry, lo May they (houlJ be tranrplaoted,

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withou¡ dillurbing the roots; the feeds of many kinds

aloes ripen in Bri!ain, and

m~y

be fown in April upoa

hot-beds. The friliJlaria is propagated by plantiog their

braocbes in a oatural bed of eanb any lime belweeo June

and Augull, and they will fooo be fit to plant iOlo pots;

they rucceed bell in !he fame fon of earrh as the aloe.

The Indiao fig is raired by planling its leam fingly

bout tWO

io~hes

deep, iD pOIS of eanh compofed of lime,

rubbi(h, and fandy foil, after ¡heir wounds are dried,

and lening them llaod abroad tiJl they take rOOt, aod

then they may

h~ve

the help of tbe hot-bed; you muft

tive thefe

pl~~ls

a good deal of the fun, and the leave.

!houl.! be plaoted during Ihe fummer-mooths,

FRIIIT·GARDEII.

THE inoculalion of fruit·trees oow demands the aUeo·

lion of the gardener, and the following is the moll ap'

proved melhod of performing the operatioo. About

Midfumme'r take off a vigorous !bOOI from any Iree yollo

would propagale; and afler baving made choice of a llock

of aboul Ihree or four years growlh, in a fmooth parl

of it make a doworigbt Oil in the bark, a Iiule above

an ineh iD length, and

ano~her

crofs\Vife at the 10p

that, tO give way

the opening of the bark; then geDdy

loofen the bark from the wood 00 both fides, begiooiog

at tbe top; which heing done, CUt off your bud with

penknife, cotering pretty deep inlo !he \Vood, as mucll

above as below the bud, to the lenglh of Ihe nit iD !he

1I0ck: after the bud is Ihus prepar<d, take out tbe woody

patt of it (carefutly pre{erviog the eye of the bud) !hen

pUt it in betweeo the bark and Ihe wood of Ibe llock al

the crof, Oit, puuiog it downward by the llalk, where

!he leaf gre\V, tiJl it exaélly c1ofes; tben bind il abollt

with coarfe wooleo yarn, the better 10 make all pans re–

gularly c1ofe, and the bud incorporate wilh Ihe lloek:

in Ihree weeks time Ihe bud will be incorporated with

the fiock, when you mull loofen the yaro, that it may

oot gall the place tOO mueh : the quickcr !his operation

is performed, Ihe beuer; and you mull pUl two buds into

one llock, iD iooculating oeélarine, aud peacbes. If the

buds inoculated this month do OOt hit, you may make

another mempl in the fame year, aod 00 !he fame llook.

The proper lime for iAOCUJaliog is from tbe begiooing

oí

Ihis OIonlh

the laner cnd of Augull; aod .care mull be

t~ken

Ihat tbe branch aDd (hoot made choice of for iD·

oculatioo, do not lie by, but Ihat lhey be ufed as foon

cut.

You may upon ooe tree, bud peaches, neétarioes,

pricots, plumbs, and a1moods.

KIT

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KIONEY' BUHS, radi(hes, Imuees forcabbagiog, aod

endive,

m~y

now be fown; as m.y alfo the I.rge fort of

peas, about five or rox incHes apart, .allo.-;ng

~hrce

four fcel dillance bctween !he.lines, and they will io Sep·

tember

~fford

a good crop.

Replanl

cabb~ge-Imucel;

traofplanr-leeks in li¡lht riel

grouna, and

~llix

inches dillance from each other ; anJ

the wealher be dry, you may galher hcrbs for drying ••

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