Jan.] The Kitchen GARDEfi. 3 



much dry earth, as will cover the bed all ever about three 

 inches thick ; then fill feme fmall pots with rich dry earth, 

 fet them within the frame, put on the glafs, and keep it 

 clofe, till the earth in the pots is warm. When that is ef- 

 fected, fow a few feeds in each pot, either cucumber or 

 melon ; cover the feeds about half an inch thick with the 

 fame earth as that in the pots. 



This done, place the pots in the middle of the bed, and 

 draw fome of the earth of the bed round each pot. 



Cover the glafs every night with a fingle mat only, for the 

 firft three or four nights after the feed is fown ; but as the 

 heat decreafes, augment the covering : being careful in co- 

 T-ering up, never to fufter the ends of the mats to hang down 

 low over the fides of the frame, which would draw up a 

 hurtful fleam, keep the plants too clofe, and draw them 

 up weak, and of a yellowifli unhealthy-like colour: obfcrv- 

 ing likewife in covering up, that whilft the great heat and 

 fteam continues in the bed, it may be proper to raife one of 

 the upper corners of the light lialf an inch, or a litde more 

 or lefs occafionally, when you cover over the mats in the 

 evening, to give vent to the fleam ; fuftcring one end of the 

 mat to hang down a little, jufl to defend the part where the 

 glafs is tilted. 



Great care is requifite that the earth in the pots have not 

 too much heat, for the bed is yet very warm, which is the 

 rcafon that tbefe feeds are advlfed to be fown in pots ; be* 

 caufe if any thing of burning fhould appear after the feed is 

 fown, you can conveniently raife the pots further from the 

 dung, from which the danger proceeds, uithout dlRurbing 

 the feed or plants in the leail ; and by that method you 

 may prevent all injury from too much heat, provided you 

 examine the bed every day, and give proper vent to the 

 rank fleam v»^ithin the frame, while of a burning quality. 



In three or four days after the feed is fown, you may ex- 

 pect the plants to appear ; when it will be proper to admit 

 frefli air to them, by raifing the upper end of the glafs a 

 little every day ; and if the earth in the pots appears dry, 

 refrefii it moderately with a little water that has flood in 

 'the bed all night, and continue to cover the g4afs every night 

 wath garden mats. At this time alfo if you find that the heat 

 of the bed is flrong, raife the glafs a little with a prop, when 

 you covei- up in the evening, to give vent to the Heam : 

 and if you nail a mat to the frame, fo as to hang down over 

 the end of the glafs that is raifed, the plants will take no 

 B 2 hunn. 



