THE ART 



OF 



PROMOTING THE GROWTH 



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OF THE 



Cucumber ana 



ON THE MANAGEMENT REQUIRED IN THE CULTURE 

 OF EARLY CUCUMBERS. 



THE SEED-BED FOR OCTOBER: 



To be sown from the 10M to the 20M of the 

 Month. 



ONE load of horse-dung, or twenty barrows- 

 full, will be sufficient for a one-light box, and let 

 it be put together at least three weeks before 

 making the bed, in a round or square heap, 

 being particular in well treading it down. If the 

 dung is dry, it will be necessary to give it some 



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