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every Day to dry, for tiie Steam of 

 the Bed condcniing on the Giaffes, 

 will fall down upon the Plants, and 

 be very injurious to them j and 

 therefore whenever the Weather is 

 fo bad as not to permit the GlalTes 

 to lie turn'd long, you fliould at 

 leafl: turn 'em once or twice a 

 Day, and wipe off the Moifture 

 with a woollen Cloth, but you 

 muft alio be very careful how you 

 let in too much cold Air, which 

 is equally deftru6tive to the tender 

 Plants j therefore, to avoid this, it 

 is a very good Method to faften 

 before the upper Side of the Frame, 

 where the Air is fuffered to enter 

 the Bed, a Piece of coarfe Cloth, 

 or a Mat, fo that the Air which 

 enters may pafs through that, 

 which will render it Icfs injurious 

 to your Plants. 



You muil alfo be very cautious 

 in giving Water to the Plants while 

 young j and whenever this is done, 

 it fhould be fparingly, and the 

 Water fhould be plac'd either into 

 e Heap of Dung, or in fome other 

 Place, for fome time before it is 

 ufed, ib as to be nearly of a Tem- 

 perature for Warmth with the in- 

 clos'd Air ot the Hot-bed j and as 

 the Plants advance in Height, you 

 fl:ould have a little dry lifted Earth 

 always ready, to earth up their 

 Shanks, which will greatly ftreng- 

 then them : You mult alfo be very 

 careful to keep up the Heat of the 

 Bed i which if you (liould find de- 

 cline, yoo muft lay a little frefli 

 Litter round about the Sides of 

 the Bed, and alfo keep the Ghfles 

 well cover'd in the Nights, or in 

 bad Weather; but if, on the other 

 hand, your Bed fliould prove too 

 hot, you fhould thrufl: a large Stake 

 into the Side of the Dung in two 

 or three Places, almoft to the 

 Middle of the Bed, which will 



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make large Holes, through whicK 

 the greateft Part of the Steam will 

 pafs off without afcending to the > 

 Top of the Bed j and when you / i 

 find it has anfwered your Purpofe ^ 

 by flacking the Heat of your Bed, 

 you muft flop them up again 

 with Dung. 



Thefe Dire6tions, if carefully at- 

 tended to, will be fufficient for 

 railing the Plants in the firft Bed: 

 You muft therefore, when you per- 

 ceive the third or rough Leave 

 begin to appear, prepare another 

 Heap of frefli Dung, which ftiould 

 be mix'd with Afhes, as was before 

 direded; This fhould be in Quan- 

 tity according to the Number of 

 Holes you intend to make : The 

 common Allowance for ridging 

 out the earlieft Plants, is one Load 

 to each Light or Hole, fo that the 

 Bed will be near three 'Feet thick 

 in Dung'i but for fuch as are not 

 ridg'd out till March, two Loads 

 of Dung will be fufficient for 

 three Holes j for I could never ob- 

 fervc any Advantage in making 

 thefc Beds fo thick with Dung a& 

 fome People doj their Crops are 

 feldom better, if fo good, as thofe 

 which are of a moderate Subftance, 

 nor are they forwarder, and the 

 Fruit is rarely fo fiir, nor do the 

 Vines continue fo long in Health. 



In making thefe Beds, you muft 

 carefully mix the Dung, Ihaking it 

 well with the Fork, To as not to- 

 leave any Clods of Dung unfepa- 

 rated, as alfo to beat it down pretty 

 clofe, to prevent the Steam from 

 rifing too haftily ; you muft alfb- 

 be careful to lay it very even, and 

 to beat or prefs down the Dung 

 equally in every Part of the Bed, 

 otherwife 'it will fettle in Holes, 

 which will be very hurtfiil : 

 When you finifli laying the Dung, 

 you muft make a Hole exactly in 



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