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Upon an old Cucumber-bed or iMs- 

 ion-bed, in this Manner ^ you mufl: 

 firft clear the Bed from Weeds, 

 tlien you mufl: level the Earth 

 which was remaining upon the 

 Bed, which mull be covered over 

 with frefli light Eirth laid vsry 

 even, upon which you muft low 

 the Seeds as equal as pqlTible, fift- 

 ing a little Earth over the Seed? 

 about a Quarter of an Inch thick i 

 and if the Weather fhculd prove 

 extreme hot and dry, you ftiould 

 fhade the Beds with Mats, to pre- 

 vent the Earth from drying too 

 fait, which "^vould endanger the 

 fpoiling of your Seed 5 and give it 

 gentle Waterings, as you may feeoc- 

 calion j in about a Weejc's time your 

 Plants will appear above-ground, 

 when you mull take off your Co- 

 verings by Degrees. But do not 

 expole your Planes top much to 

 the open Sun at firfl : In about a 

 Month's tin^e after Towing, your 

 Plants will be fit to prick outj 

 you iliould therefore prepare fome 

 pid Cucumber or Melon-beds, in 

 the Manner as was directed for 

 fowing the Seeds, into which you 

 {hould prick your young Plants, at 

 about two Inches fquare, obfer- 

 ving to fhade and water them at 

 firfl; planting •■> but do not water 

 them too much after they are 

 growing, nor fuffer them to re- 

 ceive too much Rain, if the Sea- 

 ion Ih.ould prove wet, which would 

 be apt to make them black-fhank'd 

 (as the Gardeners term it, which 

 js nq lefs than a Rottennefs in their 

 Stems) and is the Deflrudion of 

 the Plants fo affected. 



In this Place they {hould con- 

 tinue 'till about the fixteenth Day 

 of OciqbeYy when they mufl; be re- 

 moved into the Place where they 

 are to remain during the Winter- 

 ieafon, which, for this f*rfl; foy/- 



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ing, is commonly under Bell or 

 Hand-glafTes, to have early Colli-: 

 Jlowers; and thefe fliould be of an 

 early Kind ; But in order to have 

 a Succeffion during the Sealbn, we 

 (hould be proyided with another 

 n^ore late Kind, which fliould be 

 fbwn four or five Days after the 

 other, and manag'd as vyas direded 

 for then). 



In order to have very early Col- 

 lifoieers, we fhould make choice 

 of a good rich Spot of Ground, 

 that is well defended from the Norths 

 Eaji, and 'vFefi Winds with Hedges, 

 Pales, or Walls : This Ground fliould 

 be v^'^ell trcnch'd, burying therein a 

 good Quantity of rotten Dung ^ 

 then level your Ground : And if it 

 be naturally a wet Soil, you fliould 

 raife it up in Beds about two Feet 

 ^nd a half broad, and four Inches 

 above the Level of the Ground. 

 But if your Ground is moderately 

 dry, you need not raife it at all : 

 Then plant your Plants about two 

 Feet four Inches Difl;ance from 

 each other in the Rows, always 

 putting two good Plants at about 

 four Inches Dillance, both which 

 may be cover'd with one Glafs; 

 and if you defign 'em for a ful} 

 Crop, they may be three Feet Row 

 from Row : But if you intend tQ 

 make Ridges for Cucumbers or 

 Melons between the Rows of Colli-' 

 flovper-Thnts, (as is generally prac- 

 tis'd by tlie Gardeners near London) 

 you mufl; then make your Rows 

 eight Feet afunder. 



When you have planted your 

 Plants, if the Ground is very dryi 

 you ihould give them a little Wa- 

 ter, and then let your Glaffes over 

 them, which may remain clofe 

 down upon them, until they have 

 taken Root, which will be in a- 

 bout a Week or ten Days time; 

 unlefs there Ihould be a kindly 

 Shower 



