l6 THE FORCING GARDENER. [B. I. 



well towards the old dung, and to give it a 

 confiderable flope on the outfide, which 

 naturally makes it lean that way. 



If the lining fhould raife too great a heat 

 in the bed, or caufe any fleam, it muft be 

 drawn off, as diredled above ; and, when it 

 has done fubfiding, let it be turfed in the 

 fame manner the bed was at firft; 



Water has not yet been fpoken of 3 and 

 I can truly, though frivoloufly, aflert, that 

 I have frequently produced a whole crop 

 of Afparagus without " either earth or wa- 

 ter." This, however, iis not always the 

 cafe, nor is it defirable 3 as, if a little wa- 

 ter is not required, the dung muft be in too 

 moift a ftate, and confequently, too much 

 noxious vapour muft have attended the 

 whole procefs. It will be advifable, how- 

 ever, to be fparing in the ufe of that ele- 

 ment ; as, at this feafon of the year, and 

 in this country, we have but too much 

 caufe to lament the abfence of that lumi- 

 nary which is the very eflence of vegeta- 

 tion. 



When the buds have advanced to the 

 height of three inches above the furface, 

 they are then fit to be cut, as, by that time, 



they 



