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Tfme : You muft alfo cover the 

 Glafles with Mats every Night, or 

 in very bad Weather j but in the 

 Day-time, when the Weather is 

 hot, you muft raife the Glafles 

 with a Stone on the oppofite Side 

 from the Wind, to give Air to the 

 Plants, which will greatly ftrengthcn 

 them : You muft alfo water them 

 as you (hall find they require iti 

 but this muft be done Sparingly 

 while the Plants are young. 



The beginning ot Aprily the 

 Plants will be ftrong enough to 

 ridge out, you muft therefore be 

 provided with a Heap of new 

 JDung, in proportion to the Quan- 

 tity of Holes you intend to plant, 

 allowing one Load to iix Holes. 

 When your Dung is fit for Ufe, 

 you muft dig a Trench about two 

 Feet four Inches wide, (and ia 

 Length juft as you pleafe, or the 

 Place will allow) 5 and if the Soil 

 be dry, it fhould be ten Inches 

 deep, but if wet, very little in the 

 Ground, levelling the Earth in the 

 Bottom j then put in your Dung, 

 obferving to ftir and mix every 

 Piirt ot it, as was diredited for the 

 ,firft Hot-beds, laying it cbfe and 

 even. 



When this is done, you muft 

 jTiake Holes about eight Inches 

 over, and fix Inches deep, juft in 

 the Middle of the Ridge, and three 

 Feet and an half Diftance from 

 eachj and if there be m.ore than 

 one Ridge, the Diftance of thofe 

 ought to be eight Feet and an 

 halt from each other j then fill the 

 Holes with good light Earth, put- 

 ting a Stick into the Middle of 

 •each tor a Mark, and afterwards 

 cover the Ridge over with Earth 

 about four Inches thick, laying the 

 Earth the fame Thicknefs round the 

 Sides : When the Earth is levell'd 

 imooth, you muft fet the GlalTes 



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on upon the Holes, leaving them 

 clofe down about twenty -four 

 Hours, in which Time the Earth 

 in the Holes will be warm'd fuffi- 

 ciently to receive the Plants} then 

 with your Hand ftir up the Earth 

 in the Holes, making it hollo\v 

 in Form of a Bafon j into each of 

 which you fhould plant four Plants, 

 obferving to water and (hade them 

 until they have taken Roof. After 

 which Time you muft be careful 

 to give them a little Air, by raifing 

 the GlalTes on the oppofite Side to 

 the Wind, in Proportion to the 

 Heat of the Weather, as alfo to 

 water them as you ftiall fee they 

 require it ; but you muft only 

 raife the GlalTes in the middle of 

 the Day, until the Plants do fill the 

 GlalTes J at which Time youlhould 

 raife the GlalTes with a forked 

 Stick, on the South-fide, in Height 

 proportionable to the Growth of 

 the Plants, that they may not be 

 fcorch'd by the Sun: This alfo will 

 harden and prepare the Plants to 

 endure the open Air, but you (hould 

 not expofe them too Toon thereto, 

 for it often happens that there are 

 Morning Frofts in Mayy which are 

 many tinges deftrudfive to thefe 

 Plants, when expos'd thereto ; it is 

 therefore the fureft Method to pre- 

 Terve them under the GlalTes as 

 long as they can be kept in with- 

 out Prejudice to the Plants : And 

 if the GlalTes are rais'd with two 

 Bricks on the Backfide, and the 

 forked Stick on the other Side, 

 they may be kept in a great wfeile 

 without Danger. 



Towards the latter end of Moj,, 

 when the Weather appears fettled 

 and v/arm, you Ihould turn your 

 Plants down gefktly out of the 

 Glais, but do not perform this in 

 a very dry hot funny Day, but ra- 

 ther when there is a cloudy Sky 



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