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defirable *. Examine the bottom of the 

 pot or pan frequently. If the heat 

 mould rife too violently, raife it a little, 

 to prevent the young fibres from being 1 

 fcorched ; if rieceflary, place it entirely on 

 the furface ; and, if requifite, give a little 

 water, which, however, mould have flood 

 in the frame, or any other place of equal 

 perature, for feveral hours before. 



It is not a common practice to work by 

 the thermometer in hot- beds, but it is cer- 

 tainly as eligible here as in the ftove, &c. 

 The air of the feed-bed mould raife the 

 mercury on Fahrenheit's fcale to 65 on a 

 medium, allowing 5 of a fall "Owi. for the 

 changeablenefs of the weather at this fea- 

 fon. By this, alfo, it will be feen to what ex- 

 tent matting is necefiary. 



When the plants have arrived to the 

 height of about an inch, they will be fit to 

 prick out, into nurfing pots, which mould 

 be about four inches in diameter, and the 



C fame 



* In treating of the cultivation of afparagus on a 

 dung hot-bed, I have given dire&ions for drawing off 

 the rank fteam ; which I hope will fuffice the reader 

 for that operation, when necefiarv, in hot-beds, at any 

 time. 



