the room in a house where the provisions are cooked.

Army Kitchen, is a space of about 16 or 18 feet diameter, with a ditch surrounding it three feet wide; the opposite bank of which serves as a seat for the men who dress the victuals. The kitchens of the flank companies are contiguous to the outline of the camp; and the intermediate space is generally distributed equally for the remaining kitchens; and as each tent forms a mess, each kitchen must have as many fire-places as there are tents in the company.

Kitchen-Garden, a piece of ground laid out for the cultivation of fruit, herbs, pulse, and other vegetables used in the kitchen.

A kitchen-garden ought to be situated on one side of the house, near the stables, from whence the dung may be easily conveyed into it; and after having built the wall, borders should be made under them; which, according to Miller, ought to be eight or ten feet broad: upon those borders exposed to the south, many sorts of early plants may be sown; and upon those exposed to the north, you may have some late crops, taking care not to plant any sort of deep-rooting plants, especially beans and peas, too near the fruit-trees. You should next proceed to divide the ground into quarters: the best figures for these is a square, or an oblong, if the ground will admit of it; otherwise they may be of that shape which will be most advantageous to the ground: the size of these quarters should be proportioned to that of the garden; if they are too small, your ground will be lost in walks, and the quarters being inclosed by espaliers of fruit-trees, the plants will draw up slender, for want of a more open exposure. The walks should also be proportioned to the size of the ground: these in a small garden should be six feet broad, but in a large one ten; and on each side of the walk there should be allowed a border three or four feet wide, between it and the espalier; and in these borders may be sown some small salads, or any other herbs that do not take deep root or continue long: but these quarters should not be sown or planted with the same crop two years together. In one of these quarters, situated nearest to the stables, and best defended from the cold winds, should be the hot-beds, for early cucumbers, melons, &c., and to these there should be a passage from the stables, and a gate through which a small cart may enter. The most important points of general culture consist in well digging and manuring the soil; and giving a proper distance to each plant, according to their different growths: as also in keeping them clear from weeds; for which purpose, you should always observe to keep your dung-hills clear from them, otherwise their seeds will be constantly brought in and spread with the dung.