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Rh bugloss, burrage, chervil, celery, lettuce, onions, orrice, purslain, carrots, cresses, spinnage, marigold, &c sow most sorts of flower-seeds; likewise turnips in this and the next month, to have them early. This is the principal month for sowing of seeds, and planting of flowers and slips; sow pinks and carnations, gilly flowers at the full moon, and the seeds of winter greens; plant out colliflowers, and all sorts of cabbages, where they are to stand: and likewise carnation layers in this and the next month. In this month also sow oats and barley.

April—You may graft some sorts of fruit-trees in the beginning of this month; sow all garden-seeds in dry weather; and plant all sorts of garden-herbs in wet weather. You may yet sow those sorts of seeds spoken of in march: sow tender seeds, as marjoram, basil, pinks, carnation, hyslop, thyme, savory and purslain, Dutch and English savoys. Set all sorts of winter greens in this and the former month, set sage and rosemary, sow lettuce, spinnage, chervil and cresses once in three or four weeks to have it young. Plant cucumbers, melons, and artichoaks. In this month also sow hemp and flax, pull hops; and open your bee-hives, and bark trees and tanners

May—About the beginning, or within a fortnight under or over, sow French beans in a fine mould; sow tender garden-seeds; as sweet marjoram, thyme, and basil, Dutch and Englifh savoys, plant out cucumbers and amberenthus, &c. of e hot bed. Take up tulips whose stocks are dry, purstain, set your stills on work. Weed your op gardens, cut of superfluous branches,, and weed gardens and corn.