30 THE FORCING GARDENER. [fi. *. 



very littery, to tread it equally once or 

 twice. 



Some tread in all cafes, and others tread 

 none in any cafe 3 but the propriety of 

 treading the bed once or twice in the time 

 of building, provided the dung be rank and 

 littery, may not be difputed $ as, by tread- 

 ing, it is feen where the bed is lean, or o- 

 therwife. And that the whole fettle equal- 

 ly, is of confequence to the welfare of the 

 plants, particularly in the ridglng-bed > for, 

 if the dung fall in holes, the mould" will un- 

 avoidably crack, to the evident injury of 

 the tender roots. 



When at the proper height, let it be 

 carefully turfed in the fame manner as di- 

 redled for the afparagus bed : place on the 

 frame ; in which lay fea or pit fand of the 

 fineft quality, previoufly rendered perfectly 

 dry, in a Hoping manner, correfponding 

 with the light, and -to within fix inches of 

 it : over this lay two inches of light fan- 

 dy loam : then, in a garden pot or pan, 

 about fix inches in diameter, being filled 

 with entire vegetable mould * from decay- 

 ed 



* The method of preparing this mould will be treat- 

 ed of in, another part of this work. 



