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or brick-bats, &c. about two or three inches thick ; or they may be 

 supported with notched wooden pegs, or forked sticks, placing 

 them on the south side, one prop under each glass. In this man- 

 ner they are to remain night and day until the frosts set in ; but 

 if the plants are much advanced in growth before that period, which 

 will seldom be the case, except in the more southern states, it will 

 be proper to set the glasses off in the middle of mild, dry days, but 

 keep them always over the plants at night and in wet or frosty 

 weather; in keeping the glasses over the plants to defend them from 

 excessive or incessant rains, if open mild weather, they must 

 be raised two or three inches on the warmest side, in the manner 

 before observed, to admit a sufficiency of air. 



When the frost sets in, close down the glasses, and keep them 

 so during its continuance ; observing on a favourable change to give 

 the plants a little air occasionally, and to pick off any mouldy or 

 decayed leaves. As early in spring as it can be done with safety, 

 plant out the extra plants into other beds similarly prepared, or 

 rather as directed in April, leaving only one or two of the best 

 under each glass, at the same time draw the earth up round the 

 stems of those left, and raise the glasses on props as the plants 

 advance in growth, till they become too much confined ; then 

 take off the glasses totally, observing to earth them up occasion- 

 ally, and finally to treat them as directed in May. 



In places where the winters are somewhat severe, mats or straw 

 should be placed over and round each glass, during the prevalence 

 of hard frost. 



This method may be practised successively in warm soils and 

 exposures in the middle states ; but it will require more than ordi- 

 nary care to preserve them in good perfection. 



The late spring sown cauliflowers, will now begin to show their 

 heads ; therefore they must be diligently looked over, two or three 

 times a week, to break down some of the inner leaves upon the 

 ilowers, which will protect them from sun, frost, and wet, either of 

 which would change their colour, and cause them to be unsightly. 



Broccoli Cabbages^ &c. 



Early in this month give a general hoeing and earthing up, to all 

 the late planted advancing crops of broccoli, cabbages, savoys and 

 borecole ; in order to forward and strengthen their growth as much 

 as possible, before winter ; Iikewise 3 to the late cauliflowers, and 

 every other of the cabbage tribe, 



Mushroow.9, 



Having the dung for the mushroom bed duly prepared, and the 

 spawn in readiness as advised in September, you should in the first 

 week, or rather about the first day of this month, begin to make 

 the bed. 



With respect to the situation in which to make the bed, it should 

 be in an elevated part of the hot-bed yard, or in some dry, and 



