PREFACE, 1^ 



netrate through them into the frames ; and I 

 have given directions in what manner the pits 

 are to be filled up firft with ftones, broken bricks, 

 or chalk, to drain the wet from the mould, and 

 then with mould for the plants to grow in. 



Ninthly, I have given a fhort account of the 

 method generally praclifed in the cultivation of 

 early cucumbers on a dung-bed, and have taken 

 notice of fome of the difficulties and inconveni- 

 encies accompanying that mode of management^ 

 and which now may be exploded ; becaufe a 

 better m.ethod is found out, and put in prac- 

 tice, and which is on a brick-bed fimple in its 

 conftruclion, free and eafy in its management : 

 The preferablenefs of this new method over that 

 of the old I have endeavoured to demonftrate, 



Tenthly, I have given the method Vv^hich I 

 follow, and which I believe is generally prafli- 

 fed in the cultivation of cucumbers in fummer 

 in the open air trained from under hand or bell 

 glafles. 



Laftly, I have made a few obfervations on 

 the m.anagement held forth in the annexed jour- 

 nal, I have pointed out the errors which I 

 fell into during the courfe of one year's manage- 

 ment, and have concluded with mentioning the 

 medium degree of heat which I wifh to keep 

 in the cucumber frames during the winter and 

 fpring months. 



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