The Tra^iicat Kitchen Gardiner ; 



fet, and holes of about a foot and a 

 half, or two foot diameter, made in the 

 faid dung, into which you are to put 

 the earth that I have at the beginning 

 of thefe directions appointed , and let 

 it be piled up round the peg or ftick in 

 the nature of a hop-hill. The reafon 

 for the making thefe holes in the mid- 

 dle of the ridge for the melon plants, 

 is, that the dung may nor be too near 

 the roots, but may be fo far diftant as 

 the fibres may not be in danger of be- 

 ing burnt. But to proceed. Put on 

 the frames for the ridge, and let them 

 fraud for a day or two, in which time 

 the heat of the bed will begin to rife j 

 but if it fhould not, then cloath it with 

 long dung, ftraw, haulm, matts, ^c. 

 and it foon will. But if it be found 

 that the heat of the ridge rifes too fafl:, 

 and it be like to burn, uncover it, and 

 open holes with an iron bar on the fides, 

 as I have in other cafes of this nature 

 prefcrib*d. In about three or four days, 

 as you find the temper of the ridge is, 

 plant out your melon plants, having 

 due regard to the kinds as they ftand 

 numbred wirh wooden labels or fi:icks, 

 and referr'd to your diary. But the dung 



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