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abundant than the female blossoms. By this manage meat, 

 the young fruit will be soon observed to swell freely." 



Cucumbers attain the proper size for gathering in from 

 fifteen to twenty days after the time of setting ; and oftei/ 

 in succession for two or three months or more, in the same 

 beds, by good culture. 



FORWARDING CUCUMBERS UNDER HANI> 

 GLASSES. 



If it be desired to have Cucumbers in the open garden at 

 an early season, the plants mny be raised in pots as before 

 directed, and planted in a warm border either in the earth, 

 or in hot-bed ridges. A hand glass should be provided for 

 each hill, which must bo kept close down every night, and 

 in cool days, taking care to admit air when practicable. The 

 plants may be hardened by degrees, by taking oif the glass 

 in the heat of the day, and as the weather gets warm they 

 may be left to nature. 



FORWARDING LETTUCE FOR USE IN WINTER. 



Head Lettuce may be cultivated for use in the Winter 

 season, by means of gentfe hot-beds, or in cold-beds in ado 

 in the manner recommended for the raising of early Cab- 

 bage plants, &3. (See article Cabbnge.) For such Head 

 Lettuce as may be wanted for use before Christmas, tlte 

 Hardy Green, Dutch, and Egyptian Coss, are the most 

 suitable kinds to sow; and plants maybe raised in the 

 open border by sowing seed two or three times between the 

 middle of August and the first week in September. The 

 plants from these sowings may be set out, about six inches 

 apart, in cold-beds, when they are about one or two inches 

 high. 



In September and early in October, some of the Silesia, 

 Sugar loaf, Butter Lettuce, or any other esteemed sorts, 

 may be sown in a cold-bed frame, which, with the aid of 

 sashes, will produce plants in from a month to six weeks ; 



