KITCHEN-GARDEN PLANTS. CHAP. 



similar mould ought to be laid in the centre of each 

 light, rather nearer, however, to the back, than to the 

 front of the frame j and at the same time, three or four 

 bushels of mould, or more, ought to be laid round 

 against the frame on the inside. The mould in the heaps, 

 as well as that round the sides of the frame, and, indeed, 

 the mould all over the bed, ought to be stirred once, at 

 least, every day, and air ought to be given to the bed, 

 though there are, as yet, no plants in it. Every thing 

 having been thus prepared, take four pots of the plants ; 

 those which appear to be the finest, of course ; put the 

 mould into a round heap under the middle of each light 

 of the new bed, make a hole in the centre of the heap 

 suitable for your purpose. Take the pots of plants, one 

 at a time, put the fingers of one of your hands on the top 

 of the earth of the pot, then turn the pot upside down, 

 give the rim of it a little tap upon the edge of the frame, 

 pushing the oyster-shell with the fore-finger of the other 

 hand, and the plants and earth will come clean out of 

 the pot in a connected ball, which, with both hands, you 

 are to deposit in the hole which you have made in the 

 heap in the centre of the light. When you have thus 

 deposited it, draw the earth of the heap well up about 

 the ball, and press it a little with your fingers, taking 

 care of two things, first, that the hole be sufficiently 

 deep to admit the ball down into it so low that the earth 

 of the hill, when drawn up about the plants, may come 

 up quite to the lower side of the stem of the seed-leaves, 

 and,>second, taking care that the points of the leaves of the 

 plants be not more than six inches distance from the 

 glass. While the plants were in the seed-bed, it might 

 have been necessary to water them once or twice, and 





