The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 58
after planting, to be worth forcing with hot manure;but they will be worth the trouble of covering with the soil fromthe paths: besides, they must be cut off to increase the number oftheir suckers. About the third week in February, when theweather is dry, mark out the paths 2 ft. 3 in. wide, and… … with your hands, and when they are grown 7 or 8 in. high, cutthem off a little below the bottom leaf: their heads will be foundperfectly white, and all the leaves growing close together. As you gather the heads, throw a little soil over their roots.Although the buds have grown in soil, very little…
