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regular state of vegetation, and if protected for a few days, with 

 garden pots or other suitable coverings, from too powerful a sun, 

 and regularly at night for ten or twelve days after planting, you 

 may reasonably expect the desired success. 



As it is from these early sowings that the greatest success may 

 be expected, in the United States ; every care should be taken to pro- 

 mote their early growth and strength, in order that they may arrive 

 at due perfection before the commencement of the severe summer 

 heat, which is found so injurious to all late cauliflowers. 



Continue to give a due quantity of air to your cauliilower plants, 

 at all favourable opportunities ; for, as observed in Januai*y^ it is an 

 extremely essential article. 



Sowing Cauliflower Seed. 



Sow some cauliflower seed in a hot-bed, the beginning, middle, 

 or at any time this month, but the earlier the better, to succeed 

 those sown in January, or in case none were sown at that time ; for 

 the method of doing which, see page 12. 



If you have not tiie convenience of glass lights, these plants may 

 be raised with good success in Paficr Frames, or with particular at- 

 tention, you may succeed with coverings of mats, or boards and 

 mats. 



Pafier Frames. 



These frames are made either like the cover of a waggon or the 

 roof of a house, and covered with oiled-paper instead of glass. They 

 have a frame of wood at the base, to which in the former, broad 

 hoops are fastened bent over circularly. The width of the frame 

 should be near five feet, the length nine or ten ; the distance between 

 the hoops, not more than a foot, and there should be several rows 

 of strong pack thread or rope yarn, running from hoop to hoop, all 

 over, distant from each other about eight inches and other lines 

 crossing and interesting these, between the hoops or ribs of the 

 frame, which arrangements of lines are of essential service, for the 

 more effectual support of the paper when pasted on the frame, and 

 to strengthen it against the power of winds and heavy rains. 



The other sort of frame may be made with slips of pine or neat 

 laths, fastened to a roof-tree at the top, and to the base-frame at 

 bottom. The pannels or lights ought to have hinges alternately at 

 each side, to open outward for giving air occasionally, on the side 

 from the wind, or on both sides if the weather is mild, and also for 

 performing other necessary culture. 



The paper for this purpose should be of the larger strong print- 

 ing or demy kind ; which previously to pasting on the frame, should 

 be moderately damped with water, that it may not sink in hollows 

 after being fixed ; as soon as thus prepared, proceed to paste it on 

 sheet by sheet, using for this purpose the very best kind of paste ; 

 and contrive to have whole ones, along the ridge-rail above, extend- 

 ing lengthways and a cross, to join regularly with the sheets below; 

 pasting the whole in the most regular and secure manner, to the 



