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Show MA C. B. P. 6. Matrrcarra ; flore pleno. Double-flower’d Feverfew. fifi petalis 7. Matarcarta; flore pleno, lofis. H. L. Feverfew, with Double fiftulous Flowers. 8. Matricarta ; flore pleno, petalis mar- ginalibus planis, difcoidibus fif paddy She Double Feverfew, with the Petals round the Border plain, but thofe in the middle of the Flowerfiftulous. 9. Marricarta ; foliis & pe elegant florum fiftulo, ew, with elegant curl’d Leaves, and the Petals of the Flowersfiftulous. The firft of thefe Species (which is the Sort ufed in Medicine) is found wild upon Dunghills and uncul jnglai : cultiv which prop Mar oe curio Botanick Gar the fixth, feventh, Place ty their Fl ivers Parts of ofe Gardens ‘upply the i | Plenty of moft Sorts of Plants, fo it alfoincreafes the Number and Sizes of Weeds, {5 that there will require a moft diligent Care to keep them down, othe grow your Crops, andftarve them, andoccafion more Troubleto er hemwhen they have grown to ala reiore ne 7 fhould be loft in fuct i Tourn. times it is cold and moift, whereby the Markets are greatly ftock’d with moft Sorts of Ef culent Plants; but as this occafions a ereat Your early Crops being now¢ from Weeds Cabb fhould be drawn to their S their being dried by the Sun upon a Bed a Shower of Rain) which will be of g Plants. rvice to the re come with M too faft, i ild 1 for Winter the Groundfromdrying {poil the Growth of the up, ) ht Inct remain til] the in the Mid ill Hower in Fuly houldbe done when erwile it would be n wherethere are nit be favourable, will produce Bur i able to permit them to feed, whic often weakens and decays the Roots; therefore when their Flowers are paft, you fhould cut down their St which will caufe them to pufh out ads, whereby the Roots will be maintain’d When the different Varieties of thefe Plants are intermix’d with other Plants of the fame Growth, they make a handfome Appearance during their Seafon ofE lowering, which commonly continues a full Month, or more, and rengers themvery valuable. But as their Roots feldom abide more than two or three Years, fo frefh Plants fhould berais’d from Seeds, to fupply their Place no’ they maybe propagated by parting their Roots either in Spring or Autumn, y feldom make fo good P] 1s thofe obtain’d from Seeds, But the t feldom produces any good Seeds, at muft be propagatedin this man- iting Cutti in the Spri MATTED ROOTS, are fach as are en} } tanoten tangled any Size. Hoe andclear from Weeds your WinterCrops of Onions, Leeks, Parfuips, Carrots, &c. which, if well done at this Seafon, will fave a great deal of Labour the fucceeding Months, aad be of great Service to the Crop. You may nowplant Slips or Cuttings of thefé muft have a moift Soil, otherwile they feldom fucceed well. raniplant Silefia, Imperial, Cos, and Brown Dutch Lettuces into North Borders, to Cabbage late, and tow fome of the commonCabbage and Brown Dutch Lettuces (to tupply the 1 able in Auzuft and September) toward the End of this Month The early Cau] flowers will begin to appear in the Center of the Plints the Beginning of this Month, when you fhould look carefully after them to break downthe inner Leaves to preferve them from changing yellow, which they will do, if expos’d to the Sun and Air eet is nota wife it is apt to run to Seedbefore it arrives to Jate, and plant Beans for the Jaft Crop; but Ute, which fhould be fown upon a Bed of light rich Earth, and, in hot Days, fhouldbe thaded Id be fown in to fucceed that fownthe laft Month; but this fhould have a moift Soil at this Seafon, other- moft other Aromatick Plants, oblerving to water and fhade themtill they have taken Root. Sow Rouncival and Marrow-fat Peas to come About the twelfth Dayofthis Month, you e Plants are propagated byth will foon be too large for Ufe; and fow fome more Seeds of Finocchia in Drills Sage,Rofemary,Rue,Hyffop, Marum, Majtick, and this fhould, if poffible, be d fhould fow fome Czuliflowe wife they MA or platted together, MAUDLIN;; vide Ageratum. MAY : Work to be done in the KitchenGarden. Month fometimes Y, Which greatly retards t Vegetables ; andat other felon Beds, the Day, violent for them and thofe Plants which ight up tenderly, cannot bear You muft nowlet thote Cucum, which were planted out under 3ell or Hand-glaffes, have Liberty to g by fetting the Glaffés upon three Br laying out the Ends of the Plants ; but Nights are very cold, it wiil be better to it alittle longer, provided they areinno V ger of fpoiling ; or, if it be done, you cover them with Weatherbebetter. Plant out Radifi two Feet D ceeach | Method, than to let ther where they were fown, beca ing, you can reject all fuch as well-colour’d Roots, which can't t thofe which ftand where they were ! Towardthe latter End of this muft fow Cucumber-feed for F manner as you'll find directed under Head , Sow Purflain in the common Gt Endive for Blanching, yourearly Celery in Continue fowing berbs every Week, in < and Sow Turnips upon a moift Ground, obferving to do it when there is a Profpect of fome Rain in a fhort , which will bring up the Plants very foon, and hoe thofe Zurnrps which were fown the laft Month Your early res beginning nowto turn their inner Leaves for Cabbaging, maybe forwarded by tying them up with an Ozier-twig, as is often praétis'd by the Gardeners near LonLe Set Kidney-beans for a fecond Crop, for thofe planted the laft Month will growtoo old for Ute by the Time thefewill be fit to gather ; fo that for a fmall Family there fhould be but few fet at atime, but repeated at Jeaft three times, reby there will always be a Supply of young s for the Table through the Seafon. be Kitchen Garden, letting of all Sorts, tch, Silefia and Imper:al LetPlenty ; Early F and rs from under Bell-Glaffes ; ts, Artichvaks, Kidr eans and upon Hot-beds; Purflain upon or on Hot-beds, with moft ng Herbs branches, as alfo admit the Sun and Air to the Fruit, which is often obftruéted by the luxuriant Growth of the Branches, Pull off Apricocks, where they are too thick, in the Beginning of the Month, which will make thofe left on, much larger and better tafted ; and about the middle of the Month, thin your Peaches and Neéiarines, allowing them a Diftance proportionable to the Size of the Fruit, for thofe which grow large, fix Inches afunderis full near ; for {muller Sorts four Inches Diftance may be fufficient, pro- vided the Trees are vigorous, otherwife they muft not be left fo thick: Bur it is very dif ficult to periuade People of the Neceffity of this, moft Perions being over-covetous of Fruit, when there is Plenty on the ‘Lreeses whereas they don’t confider, that one Dozen oflarge, fair, well-nourifh’d Fruit, is better than fix times the Quantity of fmall ft rv’d Fruit, and will be efteem’d fo in the Markets ; and the Trees are always greatly injur'd, by leaving a greater Quantity of Fruit upon them thanthey cannourith, and are feldom recover'd in lefs than two or three Years after fuch a Weakening If the Seafon proves dry, you muft not forget to water fuch Trees as were planted the lift Seafon, now and then ; in doing of which, you fhould fprinkle it all over the Branches, whichwill be of great Service to them. In this Month you muft go overyour Vines, and ftop fuch Shoots as have Fruit upon them at the fecond Joint beyond the Fruit, nailing the Branches clofe into the Wall: But fuch Shoots as are defign’d for bearing the fucceeding Summer, fhould be nail’d in regularly, bur not fhorten’d till the End of next Month: You muft alfo rub off all trailing Branches and weak Shoots, which if fuffer’d to remain, will caufe a Confufion of Branches, and weaken the bearing Shoots: If this be duly obferv’d, there never will be any Occafion topull off the Leaves to let the Sun and Airto the Fruit, as is by fome unskilful Gardeners practis’'dat this time. You muft look carefully after Snails, efpecially in the Evening, and after a Shower of Rain, when they will come from behind the Branches of your Wall-trees, and may then be eafily taken; for thefe are great Enemies to choice Fruic. Keep the Ground about your Fruit-trees clear from Weeds, and all {trong growing Plants, which at this Seafon will exhauft the Goodnefs of the Soil, to the no fmall Prejudice of your Trees; and this fhould alio be carefully ob- fery’d in the Nurfery for the fame Reafon. Fruits in Prime, or yet lafting. over : your off all Foreare luxuriant or illBranches as whereby growing growing Pears: L’ Amozelle, or Lord Cheyney’s Green, Parkinfon’s Warden, Burgamot de Pacque, Bezy du Chaumontelle, Cadillac, with fomeothers Apples: Golden Ruffet, Stone Pippin, Fobn Oaken Pin, Pomme d? Apt, Winter (Jet, and fom res the Nonpareil; May and May Duke-Cherries; and in a warmSiruati fome Scarlet Strawberries ; in the ForcingL frame, |