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fine ' rose '-nozzle hose. Choose a dull, mild day for 

 this, between 11 and 12 o'clock. The lettuces will be 

 ready for marketing five or six weeks after planting, 

 which will be about the middle of March. 



"About the beginning of March, make up a hot- 

 bed for one frame of three lights or sashes. Make it 

 two feet thick, and at least a foot beyond the frame all 

 round. Fill up the inside as before, and pack rotmd 

 outside. When the heat is steady, sow the tomato seed, 

 thinly, in rows about IJ inches apart, keeping at least 

 I inch between the seeds. Cover and press down, then 

 scatter lightly all over, a sifting of fine rotted manure. 

 Water well, cover up, putting mats on. In seven or 

 eight days the seed should be germinated. Keep a 

 watch on it and remove the mats the moment it is seen 

 to be breaking through. Water gently with a fine rose, 

 using chilled water. Give all the light possible now, and 

 water as required, keeping the soU just nicely moist. 

 As soon as the first pair of rough leaves show, begin to 

 prick off; if the pricking off is not commenced early the 

 plants will be getting 'drawn' before it is finished. 



" After cleaning the beds from which the lettuces were 

 taken, fork over lightly and add 3 inches more soil; 

 press all down very firmly and prick out tomato plants 

 3 inches apart. Do not water. Keep close for a 

 few days until the plants begin to move, and cover at 

 nights. As the plants show growth, water gently and 

 give air on mild days, gradually giving more water and 

 air imtil the first week in May, when the lights may be 

 taken off on all mild, genial days. By the middle of the 



