The TraUical Kitchen Gardiner. 



be a3 Toon as the fun is ftrong enough 

 for you to open your glaffes in the 

 morning ; and the glaffes fhould remain 

 off till the water is brufh'd oft^ the plants 

 and fettled to the roots 5 and remember 

 it fhould be of that water that comes 

 out of the malfter's fat, and has been 

 fet in fome tub or cover to warm > and 

 if all that is wanting, water gently 

 warm'd over a fire is of confidcrabie 

 ufe 5 but the veffel you warm it in mufl: 

 not be greafy. And if any part of the 

 bed burns fo as to endanger the plants, 

 the burnt or fcalded earth mufl: be fcrap'd 

 away, and water pour d on that fiery 

 place, and freih earth put in the room$ 

 of which the tender plants themfelves 

 will be faithful monitors, and by their 

 ihrinking their heads give early notice 

 of their misfortune. How happy is it 

 to have a careful gardiner always at- 

 tending his beds, and by watching to 

 give them relief! but on the contrary, 

 how many are there, that for one drun- 

 ken fit lofe the labour of fome weeks ; 

 and by this negled, the plants, remain- 

 ing in this fl:ate, will, as jufl: hinted,, 

 in about a fortnight or three weeks, be 

 fit for planting in the ridge $ which will 



