the moulding should be done as soon as the bed is settled? 

 and has a lively regular tempered heat. Lay the earth 

 evenly over the dung, about six inches deep; after it has 

 lain a few days examine it, and if no traces of a burning 

 effect are discovered, by the mould turning of a whitish 

 colour, and caking, it will be fit to receive the plants; but if 

 the earth appears burnt, or of a rank smell, some fresh sweet 

 mould should be provided for the hills, and placed in the 

 frame to get warm, at the same time, vacancies should be 

 made to give vent to the steam, by running down stakes. 



After the situation of the bed has been ascertained, and 

 ihe heat regulated, the hole should be closed, and the earth 

 formed into hills ; raise one hill in the centre under each 

 sash, so that the earth is brought to within nine inches of 

 the glass ; in these hills, plant three seedlings, or turn out 

 such as may be in pots, with the balls of earth about their 

 roots, and thus insert one patch of three plants in the mid- 

 die of each hill. The plants should be immediately watered 

 with water heated to the air of the bed, and kept shaded till 

 they have taken root. 



The temperature should be kept up to 60, and may rise 

 to 80 without injury, provided the rank steam be allowed 

 to pass off; therefore, as the heat begins to decline, timeJy 

 linings of well prepared dung must be applied all round 

 the frame ; begin by lining the back part first ; cut away the 

 old dung perpendicularly by the frame, and form a bank 

 two feet broad, to the height of a foot, against the back of 

 the frames : as it sinks, add more ; renew the linings around 

 the remainder of the bed as it becomes necessary, and be 

 careful to let off the steam, and give air to the plants at all 

 opportunities. 



Give necessary waterings, mostly in the morning of t 

 mild day, in early forcing; and in the afternoon in the 

 advanced season of hot sunny weather. Some use water 

 impregnated with sheep or pigeons' dung. As the root* 

 begin to spread, and the vines to run, the hills should be 

 enlarged by gathering up the earth around them, a supply 

 of good mould should be furnished to gather up as req,*iredt 

 for earthing around the plants/ 



