V. RADISH. 



open weather, whether wet or dry, the lights should be ta- 

 ken entirely off during the day 5 and even in sharpish weather 

 there should be plenty of air given in the day-time. In 

 open weather, there should be air given by night as well 

 as by day ; and the lights should be entirely off in the day- 

 time, except in frosty weather, or during very heavy 

 rains. For, if your radishes be drawn up, they will 

 come to nothing; and they will be drawn up unless they 

 have plenty of air. The heat of the bed, will, in time, 

 diminish so much as to let in the frost, in a severe win- 

 ter. In such weather therefore, you must line the bed 

 in the same manner as is directed for cucumbers. As to 

 covering, in sharpish weather, a single mat over the glass 

 will do. It seldom happens that more than a double 

 mat could be required for a radish-bed j but, if the bed 

 Become cool, there must be covering sufficient to keep 

 out the frost -, this is to remain on, however, for as short 

 i time as possible j and, even during a hard frost, if the 

 mn come out, the lights should be taken off during the 

 time that the sun is within two hours of its highest 

 pitch ', for, in this country, it never, I believe, freezes in 

 ;he sun, and, to keep away frost is all that you require in 

 ,he way of covering. Two square feet, or four at most, 

 n one corner of the frame, will give you mustard and 

 ;ress a plenty for salads, if you take care to make re- 

 lated sowings in proper time. In this bed early po- 

 atoes may be planted in the manner directed for the po- 

 atoe-bed mentioned under the head of the potatoe. A few 

 /oung onions may be raised here also to be eaten green ; 

 t nd also some lettuce plants, to be removed about the 

 ime that the radishes are all drawn. In just the same way, 

 tnd, with a bed of about the same strength, early carrots 

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