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occasionally be pricked out at once from the seed- 

 bed into the frames to remain. 



For the plants to be cultivated under glasses, a 

 proper bed of the richest mellow ground should be 

 provided, in the warmest and most sheltered part 

 of the garden, in a free exposure to the full sun. 

 The front of a south border, should there be one of 

 sufficient length to spare, will be the most eligible 

 for this purpose. If the soil is not considered of 

 sufficient richness, it should be well manured with 

 the best rotten dung, spread equally over the ground 

 at least three or four inches thick, and trenched in 

 a good spade deep, and buried equally. Then form 

 the ground into beds three feet wide, with two 

 alleys for the convenience of going in to raise the 

 glasses and set them off and on. After the beds are 

 property levelled, a line should be marked out in 

 the centre of the bed as a mark to place the hand- 

 glasses, which should be three feet apart. The 

 plants are then put in, four straight and healthy ones 

 being selected for each glass they are planted at 

 about four inches apart ; a little water is after- 

 wards given, and the glasses put on and kept close 

 for a few days till the plants have taken root. This 

 being observed, prop up the glasses about three 

 inches high on the sunny side, to admit air ; and if 

 in the course of a fortnight the weather is dry and 

 favourable, the glasses may be taken quite off in 

 the day-time, but must always be put on again at 

 night. During the winter the glasses should be 

 kept almost constantly over the plants, but propped 

 up during mild weather, on the warmest side, for 

 the admission of air. When cutting winds or 



