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ground; in which situation they will never produce, especially the 

 tall growing kinds, one third as many as if they were properly 

 rodded. 



The various kinds of Early-Hotspur Peas will require rods from 

 four to five feet high; the Marrowfat, Glory of England, White and 

 Green Ilouncival, Spanish Morotto, and other tall growing kinds, 

 will require them to be from six to seven feet high, exclusive of 

 the part to be inserted in the earth; they ought to be formed or 

 dressed fan-fashion, the lower ends pointed, for the ease of pushing 

 them into the earth, and laid by, either under some shed, or in any 

 convenient place, till wanted; one set of rods will, with care, last for 

 three years. The same kind of rods that the tall growing peas re- 

 quire, will answer for the generality of running Kidney Beans; the 

 Lima-Beans require strong poles from eight to nine feet high. 



If in this, and the next month, you neglect forwarding every thing 

 that can possibly be done, in and for the garden, you will materially 

 find the loss of such inattention, when the hurry and pressure of 

 spring business overtake you. Every active and well inclined 

 gardener will find abundant employment in the various departments 

 of the garden at this season, and need not be idle, if disposed to be 

 industrious, or to serve either himself or his employer. 



Many will think that the instructions hereafter given for the 

 raising of early Cucumbers and Melons, in frames, are too diffuse; 

 especially in a country which abounds in these kinds of fruit, pro- 

 duced in such quantities, in summer and autumn, without artificial 

 heat, or very much trouble. 



The remark maybe just, but the principal motive for giving these 

 lengthy instructions is, to exercise the young gardener in the art 

 of managing Garden-Frames in general; an art absolutely essen- 

 tial to every good Gardener, and which cannot be better exemplified 

 than in the raising of early Cucumbers and Melons. And besides 

 these fruits coming into use at an early season, will be much valued 

 and esteemed. 



As several other kinds of kitchen-garden vegetables are desirable 

 at an early season, such as cresses, rape, lettuce, mustard, radishes, 

 &c, to cut while young; asparagus, radishes, peas, kidney beans, 

 &.c, to be forwarded in early perfection; cauliflower and cabbage 

 plants, to succeed those sown in September, and to produce a prin- 

 cipal crop for early summer use; you should now provide the ne- 

 cessary supplies of hot stable dung, rich earth, and other requisites 

 proper for their cultivation in hot beds, as explained for each, under 

 its respective head. 



Hol-bcd Frames and Lights. 



II not already provided with hot-bed frames and lights, you may 

 get them made agreeably to the following instructions. Large 

 frames ought to he made of inch and half, or rather two inch plank, 



