2oS The Kitchen Garden. [May. 



new horfe-dung, covering that eight inches deep with 

 earth, and fo plant your gourds, &c. or fow the feeds, 

 and cover them with the above gla/fes, or with oiled paper 

 frames, &c. till they begin to run -, then may. difcon- 

 tinue the Ihelters. 



However, in default of dung or glaffes, for holding 

 them out as above, plant the more curious forts of the 

 gourd kinds, in the full ground, in a warm fituation, as 

 aforefaid, towards the middle of this month, vi'hen fettled 

 warm weather, and the pumkins, &c. may be planted any 

 Vv'here. 



Obferve to plant the orange, and other fmall gourds, 

 near to a wall, or other fence ; and when the plants begin 

 to run, let the vines, or runners, be neatly trained, and 

 faftened up clofe to the wall, pales, &c. Where this is 

 pradlifed, the plants, together with the fruit, will make 

 an agreeable appearance, in the months of July, Auguil, 

 and September. 



Thefe plants may alfo be fupported with flakes ; that is, 

 v/hen the plants begin to fun, let a tall firm Hake be fixed 

 in the ground near each plant ; and, according as their 

 vines advance in length, let them be trained up carefully 

 round the ftakes. 



But the pumkins, and large kind of gourds, fliould be- 

 planted out in an open fpot, or upon dung-hills, fetting 

 them eight or ten feet from one another, ar\d muil be 

 fuffered to run upon the furface of the ground, where, if 

 they have room, they will extend a great way. 



The feed of gourJs and pumkins may ftill be fown in. 

 the firfl or fecond week, or any time in the month. 



The feeds may now be fowed either at once in the full 

 ground, or upon' holes of hot dung, to remain j or in a 

 hot-bed for tranfplantaiion, which will bring the plants on 

 much forwarder; and may be fowed in one of the cu- 

 cumber hct-beds already made, or upon holes of hot dung 

 under hand-glaffes, as in lall month ; and when the plants 

 have got rough leaves, one, two or three inches broad, 

 they Ihould be planted out into the open ground. 



But fuch perfons as, for want of hot-dung, Sec. are 

 neceffitated to fow them in the common ground, Ihould 

 fow ihem in the places where they are to remain. 



Kidney, 



