The Gardener's New Director. ioi 



lild about the end of February^ when I covered my trees 

 in front with glafs frames, which are to refemble thofe 

 laid to hot walls. As foon as I perceived them begin- 

 ning to bud well, I gave them air, and confiderably 

 more than is ufual on flued walls, which is neceflary to 

 carry off the fteam of the dung, fo very prejudicial to 

 forced crops. The dung firfl: laid down will continue 

 fufficiently warm for five weeks, when it mull: be re- 

 placed, to keep up the heat until the fruits are near ripe, 

 or at their full growth. 



Upon the front borders you may have Strawberries, 

 and Tome monthly Rofes : the Strawberries fhould be 

 planted the firfl: week xnAiigufl, keeping them free from 

 runners, that they may turn flocky, and become fit forbear- 

 ing before you apply the dung ; thefe frames fhould have a 

 door at each end to admit the air to the plants and trees, 

 when the glaffes cannot be raifed, efpecially when the 

 trees are in bloffom ; I have alfo planted Strawberries in 

 pots and bafliets, and placed them on hot-beds until they 

 ripened, as direfited for early cucumbers. Obferve that 

 your trees for thefe timber walls, be pruned two months 

 at Icail: before you lay in your dung, according to the di- 

 rections laid down in treating of flued walls. 



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 Of the Culture of Mufn-Mehns. 



F the variety of Melon feeds, which are imported 

 is tb.at of the Perfian Melon, a fruit far inferior to 

 thr Cantaloupe, the Genoa, or the Languedoc; the Cantalenpe 

 undoubtedly is preferable to any other, and fo much prized 

 for its excellency, that in Italy it is called Melone degli 

 Santi, or Melon of the Saints. Gardeners fliould be ve- 

 ry careful to preferve the befl:' forts of Melons, keeping 

 their feeds feparately, noting the year they were faved; 

 which is particularly necefiary. The befl: are to be 

 /l;ad from [.nn^urdrjCy by the Bourdeaux Merchants. 

 This feed fhould be four years old before it is fown ; 

 for by thal.ti iie all the fupcrabundant Fluid, with v/hic h 

 they are filled, will he ev.iporatcd ; and or:e plant v.ill 

 give more fruit, thun ynu can gfi from fix, whofe 

 n 3 feed:- 



