I04 MANAGEMENT OF TH£ 



Tuefday, Novejiiber 13, 1792. 



The frame was uncovered about 7 o'clock in the 

 morning, and covered up in the evening with double 

 mats. Air was continued day and night. To-day 

 old mats were hung round about the fides of the bed 

 to keep it warm. 



Having taken the laft year's earth from off the bed, 



and out of the pits, about four inches below the 



furface of the flues, I had the flues brudied over with 



thick grout made of lime and water, to make the 



joints of the flues clofe, to prevent the fleam of the 



linings from getting into the frames. I then had the 



pits filled up on a level v/ith the flues with frefli leaf 



earth, and preflfed it gently down to keep it from 



fniking afterwards. I then made a hill of earth in 



the middle of each pit, raifmg each hill about eight 



or nine inches above the level of the flues ; thofe hills 



are defigned to fet the plants in. Having thus 



done, a lining of dung v/as made all round the bed, 



and it was made three feet wide at the foundation, 



and tapered up to about 28 inches at the top, and it 



was 



