OF RAISING CUCUMBERS. SECT. XIV. 



berries, raspberries, &c. are sometimes brought forward 

 by dung heat; as also various shrubs and flowers, by 

 means of forcing- frames. Tender annuals, as bal- 

 sams, and other flowers, that necessarily require heat 

 to bring them up ; and the less tender, and some even 

 of the hardy sorts, are also cultivated on hot- beds, or 

 other assistance from dung, to produce an earlier 

 blow than could otherwise be had. Directions for 

 which, will be given in their proper places. See Sect. 

 18. 



As to the forcing fruits, peas, asparagus, and the 

 raising of mushrooms, these things are not commonly 

 practised, and it can hardly be expected in such an 

 initiatory book as this, to find instructions for all 

 things, % 



SECTION XIV. 



OF RAISING CUCUMBERS AND MELONS. 

 1, OF RAISING CUCUMBERS. 



See also Cucumber in the next Section. 



VrARDENERS usually provide three crops of cu- 

 cumbers in the season, all of which will be indebted 

 to hot dung to produce them ; except sometimes in- 

 deed, the last sowing be upon cold ground ; which, 

 in some favourable situations, and in some seasons, 

 may do for picklers. We begin with the early crop, 

 which is generally most valued. 



