308 ARTICLES FOR CULINARY PURPOSES. 



planted, if required, in November, December, or 

 January, in a hotbed, (or hothouse, if any in 

 motion,) to forward the plants by the forcing 

 season to an inch or two high, and then trans- 

 plant them into the borders of the fruit-tree 

 forcing house, as soon as the forcing is com- 

 menced, or before ; also some may be trans- 

 planted into pots, if any convenient front situation 

 can be afforded for them in the house. 



Frequent waterings will be necessary, and 

 more so as they advance in bloom and the pods 

 begin to appear ; these may be expected to be 

 ready for gathering in April, and sometimes 

 sooner, from those raised very early. 



RAISING EARLY, VARIOUS USEFUL ARTICLES FOR 

 CULINARY PURPOSES, IN FORCING HOUSES. 



Par. 7 J .—Various useful things may be brought 

 forward for early use, in the different forcing de- 

 partments, when convenient to afford them room, 

 such as green gooseberries for tarts, and currants 

 for the same, or some to ripen, also rhubarb for 

 the like purpose. Likewise many useful and 



