with Carots, Radishes, Spinage, Cabbage, Lettuce, and fome others. I faw about the end of this Month, at my very curious Friend's Trowel, Efq; a large Parcel of Lupines, or the flowering Sprouts of Turneps, and a numberless Piece of Cabbage Plants, moving to their flowering State, whofe tender budded Shoots are much fuperior to any Green at this Season, for now the Brocoli are gone. In the Management of the Brocoli and these young flowering Shoots of the Cale or Cabbage, or Turnep Race for eating, we must string them or pull off the outfide Veffels before they are boil'd, or else they will have a bitter Tafte; and then the Time that they fhould be in boiling Water ought not to exceed four Minutes, and after that ferv'd on a flat Plate, with Holes in it like a Culender to let out the Water without preffing them at all; for the preffing these Herbs makes them lofe their Sweetness, which confifts in the fpongy Parts, and those are so tender, that they are eafily prefs'd quite out of the Plant. If thefe are rightly manag'd, no paft Green, in my Judgment, is fo good, unless we have Brocoli in its Perfection. I have heard that there were ripe Cherries at Mr. Millet's of North-End about the beginning of this Month; and alfo large green Abricots and Rose-buds, as there was in his Father's Time. Mr. Brown at Brentford, I am inform'd, furnished our Markets with Cucumbers this Month. Natural Natural Afparagus, contrary to the common Dictates of Nature in preceding Years, were about the middle of this Month brought to Market; I faw feveral hundreds above Ground on the twentieth Day in fome of the Neathouse Gardens about Tuthill- Fields; we have yet Parfneps, Carots and Potatoes very good. CHAP. CHAP. XI. A Catalogue of Plants flowering in Mr. Fairchild's Garden at Hoxton in every Month of the Year. S PLANTS flowering in April. Tock Gilly- Nettle-leav'dJeffamine, flowers, fingle and double, white and red. Wall-Flowers, white and yellow, double and fingle. Plantain-leav'd Ranunculus. Tulips of feveral forts, fingle and double. Yorkshire Sedum, and the Bird's Eye. Anemones of various kinds, the best forts. Collection of Ranun cula's. Collection of Daifies. Candytuft-Tree, plain and variegated. Lauruftinus of feveral forts. Spanish Jeffamine, and the Indian yellow Jeffamine. Collection of Polyanthos, and Primrose, double and fingle. Black Helebore with a green Flower, Fenelleav'd Helebore. Collection of Auricula's, and the Burrageflower'd Bears-Ear. Crown-Imperials, ten forts. Collection of Narciffus. Muscaria. The fingle red Violet. Hearts-Eafe of feveral forts. Dwarf Flagg-Iris. Purple and Afh-colour- German Catchfly. White-flower'd Male Calcidonian Iris. Doronicum. Chefnut. Double flower'd Solo mon's Seal. Geraniums, feveral forts French Marygolds. Oranges. The Aloe, call'd, by Dr. Comelin, Aloe Africana humilis foliis ex albo & viridi variegatis. Collection ofHyacinths Flowers Flowers blowing in MAY, befides thofe which continued Bloffoming, that were mention ed in the foregoing Month. Pinks of various kinds. Collection of Tulips. Lilly of the Valley. Two forts of London Pride. Blue-flower'd Tree Scabious. Rosemary-leav'd Buckthorn. Citiffus Lunatus. Four forts of Corn Flags. Ciftus, feveral forts. Ranunculus of the Per- Camomile. · fian Kind. J Flag Iris, feveral forts. Double white Narcif- Thrift or Sea Pink, fe |