[ ^59 ] 

 JUNE. 



TFork to he done in the Kit que ti Gar-den, 



Melons. 



THE melon-plants, which are in frames, ihould flili 

 be carefully fhaded in the middle of the day ; that 

 i;-, when the fun ihines vehemently. 



This fliould now be particularly pradlifed, where there 

 is but a flender depth of earth upon the beds, or where 

 the plants are fituated very near the glaffes ; for if they were 

 in that cafe expofed to the full noon fun, it would be apt to 

 fcorch the leaves, and would alfo exhauH the juices of the 

 vine or runners, and that of the roots ; whereby the young 

 fruit, and even thofe that are fwelled to fome tolerable 

 fizj, would, for want of the proper nouriihmeat, be 

 greatly checked, and would thereby take an irregular 

 growth, and become ftcnted and very ill fhaped. 



Thei-efore, let fomc tiiin mats hz fpread over the glaffes 

 every day, when the fun fnines fiercely j but this need not 

 be done before eleven o'clock, or thereabouts ; and the 

 mats miy be taken off again about two. 



In do ng this work, obferve to lay only the thicknefs 

 of orte fingle mat over the lights; and the thinner the 

 mats are the better, for the plants mull not be darkened 

 by too full a fhade \ but a flight Ihade in hot funny days 

 will be of great fervice in promoting the growth of all 

 forts and iizcs of thefe fruit. 



i,Let thcfe plants have alfo a large fhare of fi"e£h air 

 every day, by raifmg or tilting the lights a confiderable 

 height at the back of the frame. " 



Moderate refreihments of water, at times, will alfo be 

 very ferviceable to thefe plants now, but in particular to 

 fuch as are growing in beds where there is but a fhallow 

 depth of earth, or that the mould is of a lightifh tem- 

 perature. 



In that cafe the plants will, in hot westher, require to 

 be moderately watered about once a week ; and, in doing 



this, 



