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for common dung-bed purposes, but allowed to 

 grow upwards ; and as, when they get eight or 

 ten inches high, they will require support, they 

 must be trained to a small stick, of about 

 eighteen inches in length, and tied loosely, in 

 order that the stems may have room to swell 

 without injury. The plants must be kept in the 

 pots until they are eighteen or twenty inches 

 high, which will be about six inches above the 

 trellis ; when they are to be finally planted out of 

 the pots into the pit. Whilst in the seed or rear- 

 ing bed, let them be kept thin to prevent their 

 being drawn up weak. A lively heat, that is 

 from 65 to 75, with plenty of air, will cause 

 them to grow strong and healthy. By plenty of 

 air, it must be distinctly understood to mean 

 that air shall be admitted to the plants for 

 eighteen or twenty hours out of the twenty- four ; 

 and that it should always be given during the 

 night, if not very stormy and high wind. Water 

 should also be given when requisite, as the earth 

 recommended demands more than any other, 



