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becaufe when the Plants are placed 

 too clofe, they draw up very tall, 

 but do not obtain Strength ; fo that 

 when they are taken out of the Bed, 

 the Leaves are not able to fupport 

 themfelves ; but all the outward long 

 Leaves will fall away, leaving the 

 fmaller middle Leaves naked ; and 

 this fometimes will caufe them to 

 rot in the Centre. You muft alfo 

 obferve, when the Sun is very warm, 

 to raife the Glafles of the Hot-bed 

 with Stones, in order to let out the 

 Steam of the Bed, and to admit frefb 

 Air ; for one Neglect of this Kind, 

 in a very hot Day, may deftroy all 

 the Plants, or at leaft fo fcald them, 

 that they will not get over it in many 

 Months. It will be alfo very pro- 

 per, in extreme hot Weather, to 

 fhade the GlaiTes in the Middle of 

 the Day with Mats ; for the Glaffes, 

 lying fo near to the Leaves of the 

 Plants, will occafion a prodigious 



I Heat at fuch times. 



During the Summer-feafon, thefe 



I Plants muft be frequently watered ; 

 and, in hot Weather, they muft have 

 free Air admitted to them every 



I Day, from Ten o'CIock till Four; 



[ for, if they are kept too clofe, or 

 too dry, they will receive a Check 

 in their Growth, when the Infecls 

 will immediately fpread over them ; 

 for there are generally fome of thefe 



\ Infers on all thefe Plants, which do 

 not much Injury to the Plants while 

 they are in a growing State; but 

 whenever they are unhealthy, the In- 

 fects multiply greatly, and contri- 

 bute to their Decay. There are fome 

 Perfons who regulate the Heat of 

 their Stoves by Thermometers in 

 Summer; but at that Seafon this is 

 unnecefTary ; for the outward Air in 

 hot Weather is frequently greater 

 than the Ananas Heat mark'd on 

 the Thermometers ; fo that the Heat 



of the Stoves at that Seafon will be 

 much greater. TheUfe of the Ther- 

 mometer is only in Winter, during 

 the time the Fires are continued ; 

 by which it is eafy to judge when to 

 increa'fe or diminifh the Fires ; for, 

 at that Seafon, the Stoves mould not 

 be kept to a greater Warmth than 

 five or fix Divifions above Ananas, 

 nor fuffered to be more than as many 

 Divifions below it- In Winter the 

 Plants muft have lefs Water, but they 

 will require to have it repeated at 

 leaft twice a Week : when the Plants 

 are placed into the Tan for the Win- 

 ter-feafon (which mould be done 

 about the Beginning of OQober ), the 

 Tan-bed mould be renewed, adding 

 two-thirds of new Tan, to one-third 

 of the old. If this be well mix'd. 

 and the new Tan is good, the Bed 

 will maintain a proper Degree of 

 Warmth till February, at which time 

 it will be proper to'ftir up the Bed, 

 and add a Load or two of new Tan, 

 fo as to raife the Bed as much as it 

 funk fince Autumn ; this will give 

 a frefh Heat to the Bed, and keep 

 the Plants growing ; and, as the 

 Fruit will now begin to appear, it 

 will be abfolutely neceffary to keep 

 the Plants in a growing State, other- 

 wife the Fruit will not be large; 

 for if they receive any Check at this 

 time, it will greatly injure them. 



In April it will be proper to ftir 

 up the Tan again ; and, if the Bed 

 has funk fince the laft Stirring, it 

 will be proper to add fome frelh 

 Tan to it : this will renew the 

 Warmth of the Bed, and forward 

 the Fruit. At this time it will be 

 proper to fhift the young Plants, 

 which are defigned to produce Fruit 

 the following Year: the Tan-bed 

 into which thefe are plunged muft 

 be renewed, in order to forward the 

 Plasty that they may have Strength 

 enough 



