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early cucumbers,) placed on a moderate hot- 

 bed ready to receive them. It should be co- 

 vered with saw dust, or clean tan, about a foot 

 deep, in which to plunge the pots : but if there 

 are only a few done, they may be plunged in 

 any frame among other things, provided there 

 is a moderate heat. 



They will now require the most particular 

 attention as to watering and shading. The 

 water must be given twice or thrice very mo- 

 derately until the earth becomes sufficiently 

 moist, which, if once so, will retain the mois- 

 ture for a length of time, by being covered 

 with the glass . but the shading is the principal 

 care whenever the sun's rays fall on the glas- 

 ses, as nothing will create rottenness sooner 

 than letting the leaves flag, and lie upon each 

 other, which will be the positive consequence 

 of a neglect of shade. The most advisable 

 method to do it, is, in my opinion, to have a few 

 large sheets of strong paper, to lay over the 

 glasses within the frame ; which at the same- 

 time that it shades the cuttings, does not pre- 

 vent the sun's rays from entering the frame and 

 clearing off any damps that may be accumu- 

 lated therein : whereas if matts are laid on the 



