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from the wind, or on both sides if the weather is mild, and also for 

 performing other necessary culture. 



The paper for this purpose should be of the larger strong print- 

 ing or demi kind; which, previously to pasting on the frame, should 

 be moderately damped with water, that it may not sink, in hollows 

 after beinu; fixed; as soon as thus prepared proceed to paste it on, 

 sheet by sheet, using for this purpose the very best kind of paste; 

 and contrive to have whole ones along the ridge-rail above, extend- 

 ing lengthways and across, to join regularly with the sheets below; 

 pasting the whole in the most regular and secure manner to the 

 frames, ribs, and pack-thread; and if, at the intersections of the 

 latter, a small square or round bit of the same paper is pasted on 

 the inside and to the large sheets over those parts, it will give ad- 

 ditional strength against rain and winds. 



After the paper is thus pasted on and perfectly dry, then it must 

 be oiled over with linseed oil, either raw or boiled; the latter I think 

 is rather apt to harden the paper and cause it to crack, therefore 

 would prefer the former. Having, however, the oil and a painter's 

 soft brush, lay it on Lightly, and brush the outside of the paper all 

 over, equallyin every part, which done, place the frame in some 

 dry covered shed, there to remain till the whole is thoroughly dry, 

 then it may be used when wanted, and will answer extremely well 

 for various purposes. 



If the base frames are well painted with the following composi- 

 tion they will last a long time. To every six pounds of melted 

 pitch, add half a pint of linseed oil, and a pound of brick dust well 

 pulverized, mis them all together and use them warm. This is 

 the best pigment for all timber exposed to the weather, for no 

 moisture can penetrate through it. 



You may also form lights of the above kind for your common 

 hot-bed frames when glass cannot be conveniently had, which will 

 answer a very good purpose. 



These covers of oiled paper are used not only for early cauli- 

 flower and cabbage plants, but also for early sallading, cucumbers, 

 &c, and are excellent for covering cuttings of exotic and other 

 plants, and for various other purposes. 



Cabbage Plants. 



Continue to protect your autumn-sown cabbage plants from the 

 severity of the weather, agreeably to the general precautionary di- 

 rections given in the month of October, which see. But be very 

 particular that such as are in frames, and consequently under oc- 

 casional protection, which renders them still more tender than those 

 protected under the shade of bows, &c, and that have got frozen 

 either in consequence of neglect in covering, or of the extreme 

 severity of the weather, are not to be exposed to the influence of 

 the sun whilst shining strongly, until (hey are gradually thawed, 

 and also the earth in which they stand; but at intervals, when the 

 rays are not too powerful, you may admit them to the plants, in 

 order to accomplish this end the sooner; but it must be done with 



