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forwai:d your PJants; but be fure 

 do not let your GlalTes remain up- 

 on them in very hot Sun-fhine, 

 efpecially if their Leaves prefs a- 

 gainft the Sides of the Glaflcs : For 

 I have often obferv'd, in fuch 

 Cafes, that the Moifture which 

 hath rifen from the Ground, to- 

 gether with the PerJpirarJon of the 

 Plants, whkh, by the GlafTes re- 

 maining over them, hath been de- 

 tain'd upon the Leaves of the Plant, 

 and when the San hath flione hot 

 upon the Sides of the Glalfes hath 

 acquir'd fuch a powerful Heat from 

 the Rays thereof, as to fcald all 

 their larger Leaves, to the no fmall 

 Prejudice of the Plants: Nay, fome- 

 timcs I have fccn large Quantities 

 of Plants fo atfedled herewith, as 

 never to be worth any thing after. 



If your Plants have fucceeded 

 well, towards the End of April 

 fome of them will begin to fruit j 

 you muft therefore look over them 

 carefully every other Day, and when 

 you fee the Flower plainly appear, 

 you muft break down fome of the 

 inner Leaves over it to guard it 

 from Sun, which would make the 

 Flower yellow and unfightly j and 

 when you find your Flower at its 

 fall Bignefs, (which you may know 

 by its Outfide, parting, as if it would 

 run_) you muft then draw it out of 

 the Ground, and not cut them off, 

 leaving the Stalk in the Ground, 

 as is by fome pradis'd: And if 

 they are delign'd for prefent Ufe, 

 you may cut them out of their 

 Leaves 5 but if deiign'd to keep, you 

 ihould preferve their Leaves about 

 them, and put them into a cool 

 Place. The beft Time for pulling 

 of them, is in a Morning, before 

 the Sun hath exhal'd the Moifturej 

 for Coll'iflovoers puU'd in the Heat 

 of the Day, lofe that Firmnefs 

 which they naturally have, and be- 

 come tough." 



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But to return to our Second O*op 

 (the Plants being rais'd and ma- 

 nag'd as was diredred for the Early 

 Crop, until the Middle or Latter- 

 end of OBober) you muft then 

 prepare fome Beds, either to be 

 cover'd with Glafs-Frames, or arch'd 

 over with Hoops, to be cover'd 

 with Mats, ^c.\ thefeBeds fhould 

 have fome Dung laid in the Bot- 

 tom, about lijf Inches or a Foot 

 thick, according to the Size of 

 your Plants j for if they are fmall, 

 the Bed ffiould be thicker of Dung, 

 to bring them forward, and lb 

 vice verfa j this Dung fhould be 

 beat down clofe with a Fork, in 

 order to prevent the Worms from 

 finding their Way through it : 

 Then lay fome good frelh Earth 

 about four or five Inches thick 

 thereon, in which you ,fhould plant 

 your Plants about two Inches and 

 a half fquare, obferving to fhade 

 and water them until they have 

 taken frelh Root:' But be fure do 

 not keep your Coverings clofe i 

 for the Warmth of the Dung will 

 occafion a great Damp in the Bed, 

 which, if pent in, will greatly in^ 

 jure the Plants. 



When your Plants have taken 

 Root, you muft give them as 

 much free open Air as pofTible, by 

 keeping the GlafTes off in the Day- 

 time as much as the Weather will 

 permit; and in the Night, or at 

 fuch Times as the Glalles require 

 to be kept on, raife them up with 

 Bricks to let in frefh Air, unlefs in 

 frofty Weather j at which time 

 the Glaftes fhould be cover'd with 

 Mats, Straw, or Peafe-haulm, ^c, 

 but this is not to be done but in very 

 hard Frofts : You muft alfo ob- 

 ferve to guard them againft great 

 Rains, which in Winter-time are 

 very hurtful to them ; and if the 

 under Leaves grow yellow and 

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