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method, which are very numerous, will strike root freely; and, 

 indeed there are very few sorts but may be cultivated in this way, 

 if covered close for some time with bell-glasses, to preserve a moist 

 atmosphere around them till they establish themselves in the earth, 

 and are able to draw therefrom a sufficient supply of juices to 

 replace those which might be exhaled by the open dry air. 



You may, in like manner, strike cuttings of many sorts of green- 

 house plants, and of any curious and valuable shrubs of the open 

 ground departments. 



Sow seeds of all hot-house plants that you are able to procure 

 and wish to cultivate; let them be sown in pots, and if room can 

 be had plunge these in the bark-bed, give them occasional water- 

 ing, and you may expect many kinds to come up shortly, and 

 several others not for months. The laying of panes of glass over 

 these pots will facilitate the growth of the seeds by opposing the 

 ascending moisture, and retaining it about the surface of the earth; 

 but bell-glasses would more effectually answer this end. 



Care of several Fruiting, Floiuering, and Esculent Plants in the 



Stove. 



Pay due attention to the regular watering of the strawberries, 

 kidney-beans, cucumbers, and flowers now forcing in the stove, 

 and early in the month introduce others to succeed them. 



Continue to keep the grape-vines now fruiting free from all 

 unnecessary shoots, and such as are produced from the axillas of 

 the leaves, &c, and train the others close and regular. 



WORK TO BE DONE IN THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 



Early Melons and Cucumbers. 



The early melons will now show fruit abundantly; they must 

 have plenty of air, and protection from the mid-day sun; for a few 

 hours sunshine at this season, if the glasses were close shut, would 

 destroy the whole crop. The lights should be taken oft', and the 

 plants fully exposed to the open air, about the twentieth or towards 

 the end of the month; therefore the plants ought to be previously 

 and gradually inured thereto. Should the beds happen to be greatly 

 declined in heat about the first of this month, a fresh lining of hot 



