INTRODUCTION. 



FOR the fake of perfpicuity, and that no perfon 

 may be at a lofs to know my mode of manage- 

 ment, I have fubjoined a diary or journal, which 

 contains an accurate account of the degrees of heat 

 \vhich I kept in the cucumber frames, during one 

 year 5 and of every thing done, or thought neceflary 

 to be done, in the cultivation of the cucumber* 



I have kept a journal for fome years ; and in the 

 medium heat which I kept in the frames during that 

 time, there is but little difference. 1 do not take 

 upon myfelf to affert, that my mode of management 

 with regard to heat, water, earth, and air^ is the 

 bed that can be ; but this I can with truth fay, that 

 with the degree of heat I keep, and the other co- 

 operating elements, the plants continue throughout 

 the feafon to produce plentiful crops of good, well-fia- 

 voured fruit. 



If any perfon fliall think that the degree of heat 



which I keep is too great, it is an eafy matter for 



him to keep lefs ; and if any perfon at any time 



Want more heat, it is eafiiy increafed, either by 



larger coverings, lefs air, or more heat in the 



linings, 



B My 



