296' RlANAGEMENT OF TtTE 



morning, and covered up in the evening with hay anci 

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

 I fowed cucumber feeds in leaf mould about three 

 inches deep in a pan, and I fet it in the cucumber 

 frame on the north fide flue in the middle light of the 

 middle frame, about one foot north of the thermo- 

 meters ; the feeds are of this year's laving* 



The franles were uncovered about 8 o'clock in the 

 Ihorning, and covered up in the evening with about 

 four inches thick of hay and mats. Air was continu- 

 ed till 5 o'clock in the evening, when the lights we-re- 

 fhut down for the night. 



Monday 



