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my winter framing, which was better than in the gar^ 

 den, where, by the conftant wheeling of dung, and the 

 frequent repairs to the hot-beds, the ground mufl; have 

 looked very unfeemly, and in a neat kitchen-garden this 

 fhould be avoided. 



In fiimmer, I have had Cucumbers and Melons in the 

 kitchen-garden; but at that leafon, the verdure of their 

 beds added to the beauty of that gay feafon of the year. 



The planks to the north were ten feet high, defcend- 

 ing gradually to fix, to the fouth. The extent of this 

 ground was fixty feet broad, and one hundred feet in 

 length. Upon the fouth-afpecled plank-walls, I had ear- 

 ly fruits, under glaffes, by the means of hot dung ap- 

 plied to the back of the plank. 



Mujijroom-beds, Manner of conjlru^ing them^ "With Direc- 

 tions in tvhat manner they are to he 7nanaged. 



THE firfl beds I fet to work, were for Muftirooms, 

 to furnifli the table in winter; and for thefe I 

 made my beds the latter end of Auguji, fo that I had 

 good Mufhrooms all the winter, except prevented by 

 very fevere frofts. The beds are made in the following 

 manner. 



Dig a trench three feet wide, one foot deep, and what 

 length you pleafe ; but if your foil be moill, let vour 

 bed be ereGed on ihe furface ; then take horfe-dung, 

 lliaking all the litter from it, lay it in a heap to fweat 

 and terment for ten or twelve days; or fpread it out until 

 little or no heat remains, as a violent heat deftroys the 

 fpawn of the Mufhrooms. So foon as you perceive the 

 heat gone off, fill the trench with the dung, near one 

 foot above the furface, on that lay ten inches of frefli 

 light rich earth ; obferving to cover the fides of the dung 

 with the fame earth you gathered from the fields with 

 the Mufhroom-fpawn ; then take another layer of dung, 

 lay it ten inches thick, and above that another layer of 

 the rich light earth, of the fame depth, laving the field- 

 earth eight inches thick on the fides, obferving, to lay 



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