6 The Gardeners Kalendar. Jan. 



efpecially if the weather (hould prove fo bad, 



as that the glaffes could not be opened for 



three or four days together to give them air, 



which fometimes happens at this time of the 



year ; when thefe rotten leaves will caufe the in- 



clofed air in the beds to turn rancid, to the 



great prejudice of the plants ; therefore you 



ihould always pick them off as foon as they 



turn yellow, and be fure to give the plants as 



much air as poffible, when the weather will 



permit ; other wife they will draw up weak, fo 



will not be able to refift the cold of the open 



air the next month, toward the end of which, 



if the feafon is mild, they fliould be planted out 



where they are to remain ; and where there are 



Cauliflower plants under bell or hand-glafles, 



which are defigned to come early, the glaffes 



fliould be conftantly raifed on one fide with 



props in mild weather, to admit air to the plants, 



for the fame reafon. But in frofty weather the 



glaffes muil be fet down as clofe as poffible to 



prevent the fharp winds from getting under the 



glaffes, which may kill or greatly injure the 



plants. 



Thofe who have Cucumber and Melon 

 plants already up, muft be very careful of 

 them at this feafon, otherwife a fmall negledl 

 will deftroy them all. Therefore the beds mnft 



be 



