June.] The Kitchen-Garden. 26^ 



if a quantity of new and old dung together was ufed, 

 juft to produce a moderate warmth; for ihis would throw 

 a frefn heat into the beds, which would very much pro- 

 mote the fetting and fwelling of the young fruit. 



Let the dung be firll laid in, and tread it firmly down, 

 raifmg it full as high as the dung of the ridges ; then lay 

 the earth over that, raifmg the whole level with the furface 

 of the ridges or beds. 



Cucumbers in Frames * 



Take good care of the cucumber plants in frames ; they 

 mull: be wcll-lV.pplied with freih air and water. 



Thefe plants, in hot weather, will require to be watered 

 every two or three days j and in a morning about (ewen 

 or eight o'clock, or four or live in the evening, are the 

 bell times of the day to do it. 



Let the plants have air freely every day, by tilting up 

 lighcs a coniiderLible height at the back of the frame ; but 

 it will be advifeable to Ihut the lights down a-nights the 

 greateftpart of th:i montii. 



About the middle, or towards the latter end of- this 

 month, you may raife the frame high enough to let the 

 plants run out from under it, if it ihall feem neceflaryj 

 and may defend thein on nights with mats. 



Cucumbers under Bell-glaJJeSy ^c. 



The cucumber plants which are under hand of bell- 

 glaffes, muil now be fuffered to run freely from under 

 them. 



Each glafs fnould be ralffed upon three or four props ; 

 and the vines, or runners of the plants, muft be trained 

 cut with care and re^-ularity. 



Let thefe plants be alfo duly affifled, in dry v/eather, 

 with water ; they will require it moderately, about, three 

 times a week, 



Pickl'mg Cucumbers. 



The cucumber plants which were fown the latter end 

 of lait month, in the natural ground, to produce picklers, 

 &c. lliould now be thinned. This ihould always be done 

 when the rough leaf begins to appear in the heart of th^ 

 plants. 



In doing this work, obferve to leave in each hole, at 

 lead four of the ilrongeft plants, but never more than five 



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