Jan.] The Kitchen Garden. 5 



When the plants are fairly rooted, give them a little wa- 

 ter in the warmeil time of the day ; and if it can b^ done 

 when the fun fliines, it will prove more beneficial to the 

 plants: let thewateiing be repeated moderately, as often ?.$ 

 you obferve the earth in the pots to be dry ; and tor this 

 purpofe, you fliould always have a quart bottle or two, 

 full of water, fet within the frame, to be ready v:o water 

 the plants as you fee them require it. 



It there is now a brlfk growing heat in the bed, Y'Vj 

 fliould, in order to preferve it as long as pollible, layf'.rne 

 dry long litter, ftraw% wafte hay, or dried fern, round the iiJe« 

 of'the bed, and raifmg it by degrees as high on the ©utfide. 

 of the frame as the earth is within the frame. 



This vyill defend the bed from heavy rains or fnovr, if 

 either fliould happen : for thefe, if futfered to come at the 

 bed, would chill it, and caufe a fudden decay of the heat, 

 whereby the plants would certainly receive a great clieck. 



If a lively heat be kept up, you may admit air to the 

 plants every day, by tilting the glalfes, in proportion to the 

 heat of the bed, and temperatme of the c:xternal air ; in 

 this cafe, however, do not fall, when there is a Iharp air 

 or wind iHrring, to fallen a mat to the frame, fo as to hang- 

 down over the place where the air enters, as aforelaid ; for 

 this will alfo prevent the wind and cold air from entering 

 immediately into the frame upon the plants, and they will 

 reap the benefit of the air to a greater advantage than 

 if the place was entirely expofed. 



About a fortnight, or a little more or lefs time after the 

 bed is made, you will carefully examine the heat there-ot, 

 to fee if it wants augmentation, and wlicn you fmd that the 

 heat begins to decline confiderably, remove the llraw, hay, 

 or fern, from the front and back of the bed, if any was 

 laid round it, as before advifed, then apply a liningof fre/h " 

 hot horfe-dung, to one or both fides as it fhall fcem necef- 

 fary, by the heat being lefs or more decreafed, laying it eigh- 

 teen inches wide, but raife it very little higher than the dung 

 of the bed, lefl; it throw in too much heat immediately to the 

 earth and plants ; and as foon as you have finifhed the lin- 

 ing, cover the top with earth two inches thick ; for this will 

 prevent the rank lleam of the new dung from coming up, and 

 entering into the frame when tilted tor theadmiffion ofair^ 

 where it would prove very deflrudive to the plants ; the 

 lining will foon begin to work, when it will greatly revive 

 the heat of the bed, and continue it in good condition a 

 fortnight longer. 



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