SECT. XIV, OF RAISING CUCUMBERS. 



round the frame within, through the bed settling un- 

 equally, so that the mould draws from the frame : 

 Prevent this by filling up the apertures. 



Cowering up at night has been just directed to be 

 only over the glasses, for a reason given. Put the 

 cover on a little before sun set, and take off a little 

 after sun rise, except very bad weather dictate other- 

 wise ; yet remember, that light is a most necessary 

 article in the welfare of plants, and guard against 

 permitting cover longer than compelled to it. While 

 the bed is in a good heat, one mat is sufficient, but 

 yet if the weather is sharp, more should be used ; 

 for though not necessary for the warmth, it will be 

 useful to keep the steam o; the bed from being so 

 suddenly condensed as to drop on the plants, which 

 would injure them. As the bed declines in heat, 

 and the weather is cold, a thicker covering must be 

 put on ; and a very warm covering is made thus : 

 lay on a mat, and over it a coat of straw, or rather 

 hay, and then a mat on the top, which tack do\vn 

 round the frame. It will help to warmth, to push 

 into the dung some little sticks round the frame on 

 the outside, and fill up the space with hay. Cover- 

 ing round the bed with stra\v, and Lining have been 

 spoken to, and let the applications be made in, 

 time. 



The seed bed, by good management, may be kept 

 with a good growing heat for six weeks, when the 

 plants being about five weeks old, will be ready for 

 putting into a new bed to bear fruit. 



Stopping the plants is to be performed about a 

 week before they leave the seed bed ; i. e. as soon, 

 ae the second rough leaf is expanded, and shews in 

 its bosom the little bud, or eye, that produces a run- 

 ner. This is to be nicely cut off with a pen-knife, 

 or small sharp pointed scissars, or picked out with a 

 peedle, though, if it gets forward, it may be pinched 



