New, Principles of Gardeniug. 
The Plantation being thus executed, letoit remain in this 
State for fix or feven Days, if the Bed proves very hot, before 
you place the Glafies on the Frames: Which may be very eafily 
difcover’d by thrufting three or four tolerable large Sticks, into 
divers parts. of. the/ Bed ‘at the time of making, ‘which .will 
be heated by the Bed» in Proportion to the Heat, and by pul- 
ling thofe Sticks out and feeling them, may give a very good 
Judgment of the Heat of the Bed. At the aforefaid time of 
putting off the Lights of the Frames, add a Thickne(s of Earth 
more over the A/paragus, that will (with the former) bury 
the Buds about five Inches deep, and about three Days after- 
watds the Buds will appear above Ground, when you muft 
carefully obferve to give them as much Air as the Weather will 
permit, that they thereby may. receive their natural green Co- 
lour, and a good Tafte withal. If the Nights are not very 
cold or frofty, one fingle Mat isa fufficient covering, and when 
very cold the Mats may be doubled. A~Plantation of:this» 
Kind will produce'very good A/paragus, plentifully every Day, 
for the {pace of a Month, and when the Bed begins to decline 
its Heat towards the end of the Month, cover the Gtaffes every 
Night with freth long Horfe Litter, which will draw the Bed 
very much, and caufe the Shoots to afcend with as much Vi- 
gour as if the Bed had been new lined. ‘ 
It very often happens that good Plants will produce 4/para- 
gus longer than the Heat of the Bed continues, and at fuch 
times when the Heat of the'Bed: isin’ a manner over, take a 
cutting Knife as is ufed to cut Hay,.Straw, éc. and cut down 
the fides\and end of the Bed, and as-much underneath the 
Frame, as will hot caufe the Plants to fall, which fill up with 
frefh Horfe Dung, and Sea-coal Afhes, very firm and tight un- 
derneath, and about ome Foor and half without at the Bottom, 
carried up diminifhing, fo as to be about eight Inches with- 
out.the Frame at the Top. . cig.) Sener ore BIOS 3) 
This additional Dung. is called the Lining of a Bed, and 
may be repeated as often as ismeceflary, for it never fails of re- 
covering the loft Heat, and continues the Growth of the Plants 
their whole Duration. CH 
When the Afparagus Shoots begin to come {mailer than 
at firft, prepare more Dung; as before direted, and make another 
G4 Bed, 
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