V. CUCUMBER. 



From between the seed leaves, there will come out a 

 shoot which will presently have one rough leaf on each 

 side of it j then between these two rough leaves you 

 will see a shoot rising. The moment this is clearly dis- 

 tinguishable, pinch it clean out with your fore-finger and 

 thumb j and this will cause shoots to come out on 

 both sides from the sockets of the two rough leaves 

 which have been left j and, by the time that these side- 

 shoots become an inch and a half long, the plants ought 

 to be removed into the large bed where they are to grow 

 and to bear; for, by this time, they will have filled the 

 pot with roots ; and, if they stand in the pots much 

 longer, some of these roots will become matted together 

 on the outsides and at the bottom of the pot, where 

 they will perish, and cause the plants to be stunted. 

 At this age, therefore, they should be removed into the 

 new bed, of the making and managing of which we 

 must now speak. The dung for it should be put into a 

 heap and turned beforehand in the manner described in 

 Chapter III. j and, about a week, or a little more, before 

 the plants be ready to come out of the seed-bed, this 

 new bed must be made, full four feet high, or four feet 

 and a half, in the manner directed in Chapter III. The 

 frame should be put on, the state of the heat ascertained, 

 in the manner there directed, and, in this case, the 

 frame ought to fit the bed as nearly as possible, and 

 the bed ought not to extend beyond the sides of the 

 frame as in the case of the seed-bed j for here there 

 are to be linings, the purpose of which we shall see 

 by and by. This bed having arrived at the proper heat, 

 should be covered all over with dry mould to the depth 

 of four inches j then about three quarters of a bushel of 



