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^he Middle of each Light about a 

 Foot deep, and eight or nine Inches 

 over; thefe Holes mufl: be fill'd 

 with hght frcfli Earth, which 

 ihould be fcrcen'd to take out all 

 large Stones, Clods, &c. hying it^ 

 up in a Hill, and in the Middle of 

 each, thrufc in a Stick about eigh- 

 teen Inches long, which fhould 

 ftand as a Mark to find the exact 

 Place where the Hole is i then 

 iearth the Bed all over about three 

 Inches thick, levelling it fmooth, 

 and afterwards fet the Frame upon 

 it, covering it with the Glafics. 



In two or three Days time your 

 Bed will be in fit Order to receive 

 your Plants J of which you may 

 eafily judge by pulling out one of 

 the Sticks which was put in the 

 Middle of the Holes, and feeling 

 the lower Part of it, which will 

 fatisfy you what Condition your 

 Bed is in: Then you mufl: llir up 

 the Earth in the Middle of the 

 Hole with your Hand, breaking all 

 Clods, and removing all Lrge 

 Stones, making the Earth hollow 

 in Form of a Bafon : Into each of 

 thefe Holes you mufl: plant four 

 Plants; in doing of which, obferve 

 to make the Holes for the Plants 

 a Httle flanting towards the Middle 

 of the Bafon, efpecially if your 

 Plants are long-fiiank'd : This is 

 intended to place the Roots of the 

 Plants as far as poffible from the 

 Dung, to which if they approach 

 too near, their Roots are fubje^t 

 to be burn'd off: Then iettle the 

 Earth gently to each Plant, and if 

 the Earth is dry, it v/ill be proper 

 to give them a little Water (v^'hich 

 fliould be warm'd to the Temper 

 of the Bed, as was before diredfed ;) 

 and it the Sun fliould appear in 

 the Middle of the Day, they fliould 

 be fliadcd therefrom v/ith Mats, 

 until the Plants have taken Root, 



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which will be in two or thre^ 

 Days; after which, you mufl: let 

 them enjoy as much of the Sun a^ 

 poffible, obferving to turn theJ 

 Lights in the Day-time to dry, 

 as alfo to give a little Air when- 

 ever the Weather will permit. 



You mufl: alio obferve to keef> 

 the Glafles cover'd every Night, 

 and in bad Weather ; but be very 

 careful not to keep them cover'd 

 too ciofe, efpecially wh;le the Bed 

 has a great Steam in it, which will 

 caufe a Damp to fjttle upon the 

 Plants, which, for want of Air to 

 keep the Fluid in Motion, v/ili 

 fl:agnate and rot them. 



When your Plants are grown to 

 be four or five Inches high, you 

 mufl:, with fome flender forked 

 Sticks, incline them toward the 

 Earth, each one a feparate Way; 

 but this mufl: be done gently at 

 firfl:, lefl: by forcing them too 

 much, you fliould Hiain or break 

 the tender Veflcls of the Plants, 

 which would be very hurtful to 

 them : In this Manner you fliould 

 from Time to Time obferve to peg 

 down the Runners as they are pro- 

 duc'd, laying each in exact Order, 

 fo as not to interfere or crols each 

 other, nor fl-jould you ever after 

 remove them from their Places, or 

 handle them too rough' y, whereby 

 the Leaves may be broken or dii- 

 plac'd, which is alfo equally in- 

 jurious to them ; but whenever 

 you have occahon to weed the 

 Bed between the Plants, do it with 

 great Care, holding the Leaves a- 

 lide with one Hand, v/hile with 

 the other you pull oiit the Weeds. 



In about a Month after they are 

 ridg'd our, you may expe£t to fee 

 the Be,o;innings of Fruit, which 

 very often are preceded by Male 

 Flowers, which many People are 

 fb ignorant as to pull off, calling 

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