4 The Kitchen Garden. [Jan. 



harm, but will receive great benefit : when the heat is more 

 moderate, the glafTes may be ihut clofe every night, obferving 

 to continue the admiffion of frefli air at all opportunities in 

 the day-time, and, if windy or a very fliarp air, to hang a 

 mat before the place, as above. 



On the day that the plants appear, it is proper to fow a 

 Jittle more feed in the fame bed, and in the manner above 

 mentioned ; for thefe plants are liable to fuffer by different 

 caufes at this feafon. The heft way. therefore, is to fow a 

 little feed at three different times in the fame bed, at fliort in- 

 tervals; for if one fovving fliould mifcarry, another may 

 fucceed. . 



When the plants however, both of the firft and fucceed- 

 ing fowings, have been up about two or three days, they 

 fnould be planted into fmall pots, which pots muff be placed 

 alfo in the hot-bed ; in the manner following. 



Obferve to fill the pots the day before you intend to re- 

 riove the plants, with fome rich dry earth, and fct them 

 within the frame, w^here let them remain till the next day, 

 when the earth in the pots will be warm ; then let fome of 

 the earth be taken out, to the depth of an inch from the top 

 of the pot; forming the middle of the remaining earth, 

 a little hollow, then with your finger carefully raife the 

 plants up with all the roots as entire as pollible, and with 

 as much earth as will hang about them, and pl.ice the 

 plants in the pots, with their roots towards the centre, and co- 

 ver their flianks near an inch thick, with fome of the earth 

 that was taken out of the pots ; obferving, if cucumbers, 

 to plant three or four plants in each pot ; if melons, two 

 plants in each pot will be fufticicnt, and if the earth is 

 quite dry, give a very little water, juff to the roots of 

 the plants only ; and diredly plunge the pots into the 

 earth on the bed, clofe to one another : filling up all the 

 ipaces between the pots with earth ; and let every part of 

 the bed within the frame be covered with as much earth as 

 will prevent the rifing of the rank fleam immediately from 

 the dung, which would delhoy the plvmts. 



Be careful to examine the bed et-ery day, to fee that the 

 roots of the plants do not receive too much heat : if any 

 thing liV;e that appears, draw up the pots a little, or as far as 

 you fee neceflary for the prefervation of the plants, replung- 

 ino- them again to their rims when the danger is over. 



Two or three days after planting, if the bed is in good 

 condition, the plants will have taken root; though that is 

 cffeded fomctlmes in twenty-four hours. 



When 



