Dec. 
natural Way are vaitly preferable, becaufe they 
have their true Sweetnefs. 7 3 
The Mufhroom-Beds now require a great deal 
of Care, but they ‘will very well repay it by the 
Supply they yield. . oY 
~The Gardener has feen from the Conftruction 
of thefe Beds, that two Things principally pro- 
mote the Growth of the Spawn, thefe are Heat 
and Moifture: but if‘either of thefe be in too 
great a Degree, they will fail; and if very good — 
Care be not taken at this Seafon,’ fo much Wet 
will get into the Beds as to drown the Spawn ; 
and altogether rot it with that Heat which 
would make it fhoot. If they be made as we have 
directed ; they will require no more Affiftance to. 
keep in their Heat, and defend them both from 
Froft and Rain, than a good Covering of long 
“Straw. . 
Only let the Gardener be careful that he does 
not hurt what he would preferve, ‘by doing this 
hheedlefly. The Straw muft be dry when it is 
-Jaid on; and it muft lie no longer than while it 
continues fo ; when it grows damp and falls, \it .. 
muft be removed, and the Place fupplied by 
ine | oe 
at no Seafon in more Danger than now. 
_ They are under the ‘Shelter of Glaffes, and 
are in all Refpects in the,Condition of Green- 
houfe Plants : | 
reéted for the Prefervation of thole will keep 
thefe alfo in Health ; and no other Way can. 
| The Glaffes muft. always be let down in an 
Evening to cover the Plants clofe from the Night 
Frofts, but towards Noon in a ferene Day they 
fhould always be opened. 
If any dead Leaf appear upon them it muft 
“be taken off; the Mould muft be drawn about 
their Stems; and it will be of Service alfo fre- 
guently to ftir the Surface to a little Depth with- 
A CC OSM-PILA{BAAIT: 1B.O DIY). &e. _ 
The Cauliflower Plants which we have direct- 
ed to be tended hitherto with fo much Care, are 
therefore what we have juft di-— 
in the Glafs, and to dig it up round about it. 
This laft which is not commonly practifed is a 
Great Affiftance, for it promotes: the {preading » 
of the Roots, by taking off their extreme Ends, 
and gives them a light loofe Earth for growing. 
~~ Let this, which is the fame Thing we have di- 
reéted in the Orchard, be continued alfo to’every 
| Part of the Kitchen-Ground, where there is’ any 
Crop growing. 
\ 
Beans and Peafe which we have directed to be 
fown and planted in the preceding Months, will 
now be up at fome Heighth, and ‘nothing tends 
fo much to preferve them, as this Praétice of © 
digging near their Roots. | 
_ Itnot only gives them a Supply of Nourifh- 
ment, when that is fcarce; but affords the Gar- 
dener at the fame. Time the eafieft Opportunity 
of Earthing up their Stalks, which is as effen- 
tial to thofe Crops meant to ftand out the Win- 
ter, as any part of the Bufinels. 
The Bottoms of the Stalks of Beans are apt to 
ftoop, and lie a little Way upon the Ground, 
‘and the cold Wet of the Surface at this Time 
rotsthem: this Is prevented perfectly, by the 
Practice of Earthing them up. 
The Mould is thus brought over them on thefe 
weak and half decayed Parts, and being drawn 
up fome Inches of the Stem above, the whole 
under Part of the Plant which was moft en- 
dangered, is by this Means perfectly fheltered; 
and the Stalk rifes fingle, bold, and. upright 
from the Top of the Earthing, as if it had ori- 
ginally srown from the Seed inthe fame frm 
and it gives them in like Mannera Kind of 
new Growth. : ) ) 
EDEN: 
