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and, if the weather be very hot, fliade them in the 

 heat of the day, until they are firmly rooted; this fha- 

 ding will be very necelTary, fo long as the weather con- 

 tinues very warm ; otherwife the heat of the fun thro' 

 the glafles would fcorch the leaves of the plants, and 

 burn the mould, fo as to deprive it of its vegetative qua- 

 lity. When they have ftruck root, they fhould have air 

 given them every day, which is to be encreafed, when 

 the days are warm, and the wind gentle. For if they are 

 kept too clofe, and drawn up weik, they will fuffer 

 greatly in the winter. The plants in this frame will re- 

 quire but little watering in the winter, but when the 

 frofl:y weather fets in, and the heat of your bed abates, 

 it will then be neceffary to add a lining of horfe-dung, 

 in the fame manner that you renew the heat in your 

 Cucumber-beds. 



With this management, two gouci beds will be fuffi- 

 cient to carry you through the winter, obferving to co- 

 ver the outfide linings with ftravv or fern, for the better 

 retention of the heat in the dung. This will alfo pre- 

 vent the froft from penetrating your frame, if raifed 

 fufficiently high. It is alfo requifite to have mats, or 

 {bme other covering, to hinder the froil: from getting 

 through your lights; and if a great fleam fhould rife 

 from the bed, it will be necefTary to give them a little 

 air, by tilting up the lights a little. 



The greateft care that thefe plants require, is, to be 

 preferved from frofi:, and too much wet in winter. 

 Above all things, be not too forward in promoting their 

 growth at this feafon, as not any thing can be more 

 prejudicial than their fhooting too fall; lor fhould they 

 appear with long leaves, and white at the heart, (the 

 confequences of a forward growth in winter,) it is over 

 with them, as they will never acquire the fixe or flavour 

 they fhould have. 



Be careful then not to make vour beds too llrong from 

 the middle of September to the middle of March. For 

 it is no matter how little the plants grow duiing the 

 winter, it is fufficient they are preferved from rotting, 

 and of a good colour. 



In March they are to be more psrtic.ilarly attended to, 

 from the great changeablenefs of the weather in this 



M 4 month, 



