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will be of great Service to your 

 Plants, to wipe off all the Moifture 

 two or three tim^s a Day with 

 a Woollen Cloth, to prevent its 

 dropping upon the Plants; When 

 your Plants are firmly rooted, and 

 begin to grow, you muft obferve 

 to give them Air every Day 

 (more or lefs, as the Weather is 

 cold or hot) to prevent their 

 drawing up too fafl, which, greatly 

 weakens their Stems. 



In about three Weeks or a 

 Month's Time, thefe Plants will 

 have grown lo as to meet, and 

 will ftand in need of another Hot- 

 bed, which (hould be of a mode- 

 rate Temper, and covered with 

 the fame rich Earth about iix 

 Inches thick, in which they fhould 

 be planted (observing to take 'em 

 up with as much Earth about their 

 Roots as pofllble) feven or eight 

 Inches Diftance every Way, giving 

 them fome Water to fettle the 

 Earth about their Roots j but be 

 very careful not to water them hea- 

 vily, fo as to bear down the Plants, 

 (as was before directed ) and J^eep 

 them fliaded in the Heat of the 

 Day, until they have taken frefh 

 Roots, and be fure to refrefh them 

 often (but gently) with Water, 

 and give them Air in Proportion, 

 to the Heat of the Weather, co- 

 vering the Glaifes with Mats every 

 Night, left the Cold chill your 

 Beds, and ftop the Growth of the 

 Plants. 



In the Beginning of May you 

 muft provide another Hot-bed, 

 which ftiould be covered with a 

 deep Frame, that your Plants may 

 have Room to grow: Upon this 

 Hot- bed you may f^ as many 

 three-penny Pots as can ftand 

 within the Compafs of the Frame j 

 ihefe Pots muft be filled with 

 good rich Earth, and the Cavities 



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between each Pot filled up with 

 any common Earth, to prevent the 

 Heat of the Bed from evaporating, 

 and filling the Frame with noxious 

 Streams ; then with a Trowel, or 

 fome fuch Inftrument, take up 

 your Plants ( from the former 

 Hot-bed) with as much Earth as 

 polfible to the Roots, and place 

 each fmgle Plant in the Middle off 

 one of the Pots, filling the Pot 

 up with the Earth before defcrib'd, 

 and iettle it clofe to the Root of 

 the Plant with your Hands j water 

 them gently, as before, and Ihade 

 them in the Heat of the Day from 

 the Violence of the Sun, by co- 

 vering the Glafles with Matsj re- 

 frefli them oft:en with water, and 

 give them a good Quantity of Air 

 in the Day-time. 



In about three Weeks more, 

 thefe Plants will have grown to 

 a coniiderable Size and Strength, 

 fo that you muft now raife thQ 

 Glaftes very much in the Day- 

 time; and when the Air is fott, 

 and the Sun is clouded, draw off 

 the Glafl^s, and expofe them to the 

 open Air, and repeat this as often 

 as the Weather will permits which 

 will harden them by Degrees to 

 be reraov'd abroad into the Places 

 where they are to remain the 

 whole Seafon. But 'tis not adviie- 

 able to fet thefe Plants out until a 

 Week in fuly, obferving to do it 

 when the Air i§ perfedfly fbft^ and, 

 if poftible, in a gentle Shov/cr of 

 Rain. 



Let them at fir ft be fet near the 

 Shelter of a Hedge for two or three 

 Days, where they may be fcreen'd 

 from the Violence of the Sun, 

 and ftrong Winds, to which they 

 muft be inurM by Degrees: Thslc- 

 Plants, when grown to a good 

 Stature, perfpire very freely, and 

 muft be every Day refrelh'd wjtiit 

 P 4 Water, 



