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ON THE CULTURE 



be sufficient ; and after that, if the weather is 

 intense, increase the covering, by adding hay to 

 the thickness of six or nine inches, with a mat 

 over it. Air should be admitted night and day^ 

 according to the state of the weather ; but they 

 may be closed down for about an hour, before 

 covering up, after they are a fortnight old. 



The plants should be ridged out young, at 

 least when they are a month old ; but be very 

 particular in having the fruiting-frame perfectly 

 sweet before they are placed in it, as it is much 

 better to keep them in the pots a week, or even 

 a fortnight, beyond the time, than to ridge them 

 out before the bed is in a proper condition. 



Be careful in keeping a good heat ; in having 

 the lining applied in proper time; and in well 

 wrapping them up. The lining will be required 

 when they are three weeks old at the back and 

 front. It should be two feet wide about half 

 way up the bed, and lined with litter to the width 

 of six inches, for the purpose of keeping the lining 



