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SECT XIV. OF RAISING CUCUMBERS. 



half, to a whole inch ; and now, and ever after, while 

 there is a {hong heat in the bed, tilt one corner of a 

 light for the ft earn to pafs off on nights, and let a mat 

 hang, or be nailed loofely over the open part, to keep 

 out the wind. 



The pricking out the young plants is to be done when 

 they are three or four days old, taking them up care- 

 fully, and the mould being warm, put three in a fmall 

 pot, as the common practice is ; but no more than two, 

 or only one in a J mail pot is a good method. If a fingle 

 plant is put in a pot, it certainly may be expefted to 

 grow ftronger, and be continued longer therein, 

 and three of thefe mav be planted clofe together in 

 the Fruiting bed. If only one plant is put in, fet it 

 upright in the middle of the pot nearly up to the feed 

 leaves; If more are put in, take the mould out of the 

 pot in a bafon-like form an inch or more deep, as the 

 ihanks are, laying the roots fmooth towards the centre* 

 and the leaves towards the edge of the pot ; cover up 

 to the top, and give the earth a gentle preffure : the 

 root ends may be dipt, if long. 



It the mould is very dry and the bed hot; a little 



. water may be immediately given to the roots ; but if 

 othcrwife, the next day will be belt. • 



Give very little air the fir ft day, but afterwards 

 more, as the fun fhines or not, or the day is mild or. 

 (harp, ftill or windy. As the plants get older ^pd 

 hardier, air may be given up to two inches, whert. 

 there is a good heat, and extraordinary fine weather, 

 to three or tour inches of tilt : For this purpofe, 

 wedges of wood, about four inches thick at the wide 

 end, are proper. If fufpicious of the air coming in too 



fuddcnly, tack a bit of cloth, or mat before the place. 

 Air is to be given in different degrees, regularly as the 

 weather alters in the courfe of the day ;— a little air 

 in the . morning, more as. the day advances, and lefe • 

 again as it .declines. 



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