Apr.] The Kitchen Garden. 173' 



As Icon as they are planted, let them be moderately 

 watered, to fettle the earth about their roots, and the wa- 

 terings fiiould be afterwards occafionally repeated ; for 

 they will require to be refrefhed with that article once or 

 twice a week, according to the degree of warmth in the 

 bed, and temperature of the weather ; bat let moderation 

 be always obferved in performing this work, efpecially 

 when newly planted. 



Shade the plants occafionally from tlie fun, when it is 

 powerful, till they have gotten good root in the new earth ; 

 but when the plants are able to bear the fun without flag- 

 ging:, let them enjoy it freely. 



Let the glaffes be covered every night with mats: this 

 fhould be conftantly praiflifed every night till the end of 

 May, or beginning or middle of June. 



Remember, if the plants have not been Hopped or top- 

 ped before, it miift now be done : this is to be done when 

 the plants have two or three leaves ; obferving, at that 

 time to pinch off the top of the plant in the manner di- 

 rected laft month; and each plant thus treated will pro- 

 duce two, three, or four ftioots, or runners; and when 

 thefe runners have three joints, and if no fruit appear, it 

 will alfo be proper to fcop them again, by pinching off 

 the top of each at the third joint, which will caufe each 

 of thefe runners to put out two or three more fnoots; and 

 fo by that pradlice, the plants will be well furnilhed v/ith 

 fruitful runners ; for it is from thefe lateral Iboots that we 

 are to expedl the fruit : as when the plants are not Hopped 

 at the iirit joint, &c. as above, they often pfoduce but 

 only one or two principal runners from each plant, and 

 thefe would perhaps run a yard in length without fhewing 

 one fruit, but efpecially the cucumbers. 



Sc-Tving Cucumber and Melon Seeds. 

 Sow the feeds of cucumbers and melons the beginning 

 of this month, to raife fome plants to ridge out, under 

 hand or bell-gla/Tes, in May. See the dire<5lions of feit 

 montii. 



Lettuces J, 

 Tranfplant cofs and Silefia lettuce, or any other forts 

 that require it, where they Hand clofe, both thofe of the 

 winter Handing, and fuch as were fown in February, or 

 early in the laH month, 



I 4 Choofe 



