290 OF RAISING CCCCMBERS. S£CT. XIV. 



Cucumbers not fown till the beginning of April, 

 iriay be brought to bear fruit on one good bed, if under 

 a large frame: and fuch a bed would, at the fame time; 

 ferve very well to fow, or to prick out, tender annuals* 

 See feftion 18, On flowers. 



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A THiPvD CROP of cucumbers may be fown anv 

 time, from the middle to the end or Mmk (or even a 

 little later) either in a pot or not, upon fome hot bed 

 in ufe, to grow for a week or ten days^ or fow upon 

 a little heat of two or three harrows full of warm dungf, 

 trod clofe, and previoufly thrown together for the pur- 

 pofe*: or ii frefh and moil! from the ftable, it will, 

 though at prefent cold, heat itfelf. Cover the dung 

 with fix inches of mould, and fow half inch deep, and 

 half an inch afunder, under a hand-glafs ; and when 

 the plants are completely up, thin them to an inch' 

 afunder, where let them grow, earthing them up as 

 they get tail, till thev fhow rough leaf. Then prepare 

 more fuch little bodies of heat to plant them out upon, 

 three or tour in a patch, which cover with a hand-glafs, 

 or otherwiie, arid made alio for a day or two, it funny. 

 If vou can take three or four plants up together bv a 

 fcoop trowel, with earth to the roots, the better ; and if 

 not, plant them pretty near together, laving them afiant, 

 fo that the ihanks be covered two or three inches. 

 Keep there plants earthed up, and as much under their 

 covers as may be, till towards jXiidjinnmcr , covering the 

 parts that run out on nights till this time. The third 

 crop is that generally fown for pickicrs. Guard again:! 

 the fpot by a mat cover in Ssttewher. 



Sometimes, at this feafon, cucumbers are fown for 

 pickiers in cold ground, especially about- London, oxjzvth 

 or Weft of it; but foil, fituation, and feafon, make a 

 great difference in the cultivation of all, and particu- 

 lar :y of delicate plants. If anv feed be fown on cold 

 g*Qi nd, let it be in dry weather; give tnem a favour- 



