240 The Pleasure, or [May. 



in regularly, and heat it well down with the fork ; and let 

 the dung be raifed flx inches higher than the level ground, 

 fo that the bed, from the bottom to the top, will be two 

 feet thick of dung. 



As foon as the bed is made, fet on the frame and glalTes, 

 which will bring up the heat foon, and the bed will be 

 ready to receive the plants in five or fix days after it is made. 



The plants muil now, in general, be potted before they 

 are fet into this bed. The pots £br this purpofe muft be 

 about the middle nze, and the plants muft be placed in 

 them, when the bed is juil in right order to receive them.. 



Having the pots and fome frefh earth ready, let as much 

 of the earth be put into each pot as will cover the bottom 

 about three or four inches ; then take up the plants, each 

 with a ball of earth about its root, and place one plant, 

 with its ball entire, in the middle of each pot, and fill up 

 the vacancy with the frefh earth, within half an inch of the 

 top of the pot, and let them be moderately watered. 



Place the pots immediately upon the hot-bed, as clofe 

 together as can be. And let the cavities between the 

 pots, be perfedlly well filled up with earth ; and this 

 ihould be done according as the pots are placed upon the 

 beds, bringing the earth up to the rims of them. 



When the pots are all in, put on the glaffes, obferving 

 to tilt them up a little at the back of the frame every 

 day, to let in frefli air to the plants. 



The plants mull be Ihaded occafionally from the fun 

 for the firil week or ten days ; let mats be fpread over th'^ 

 glafies ths firft three or four days, about eight or nine 

 o'clock in the morning, and taken off about four in the 

 afternoon ; but after this, let the plants have more and 

 more fun every day, till they are able to bear it fully 

 without fhrinking or flagging their leaves, &c. 



Be fure to admit air every day to the plants, and par- 

 ticularly when there is a good heat, and when there is 

 much fteam ; for if this is not obferved, the fteam will 

 deilroy the leaves of the plants, and would, in that cafe, 

 make an aukward and unfightly appearance. 



They muft be duly fupplied with water, during the 

 time they are in this bed ; and they ftiould have a mode- 

 rate quantity given them, at leaft once in two days. 



Ohferve, as the plants advance in height, to raife the 

 frame, to give them full room to grow : this Ihould be 

 doae in the manner as mentioned in the former month. 



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