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only to (apply a fmall Family, three 

 or four Lights at a time will be fuf- 

 ficienr. : then lay down your Dung 

 into the Trench, working it very 

 regularly, and beat it down very 

 tight with a Fork, laying it at leaft 

 three Feet in Thicknefs ; then put 

 your Earth thereon about fix Inches 

 thick, breaking the Clods, and lay- 

 ing it level ; and, at one End, be- 

 gin "laying your Roots againit a little 

 Ridge of Earth, rais'd about four 

 Inches high: your Roots mult be 

 laid as dole as poiTible one to the 

 other, in Rows, with their Buds 

 ftanding upright: and between every 

 -Row lay a fmall Quantity of fine 

 Mouid, obferving to keep the Crown 

 of the Roots exaclly level. When 

 you have finilhed laying your Bed 

 with Roots, you muit lay fome Miff 

 Earth up to the Roots, on the Out- 

 fides of the Bed, which are bare, 

 to keep them from drying ; and 

 thrufb two or three fharp-pointed 

 Sticks, about two Feet long, down 

 between the Roots, ki the Middle of 

 the Bed, at a Diftance from each 

 other. The Ufe of thefe Sticks is 

 to let you know what Temper of 

 Heat your Bed is in ; which you 

 may find by drawing up the Sticks, 

 and feeling the Lower-part; and if, 

 after the Bed has been made a Week, 

 you find it doth not heat, you may 

 lay a little Straw or Litter round the 

 Sides, or upon the Top, which will 

 grearly help it ; and, if you find it 

 very ho:, it will be advifeable to let 

 it remain wholly uncovered, and to 

 thruft a large Stick into the Dung, 

 on each Side of the Bed, in ieverai 

 Places, to make Holes for the great 

 Steam .of the Bed to pafs off; which, 

 in a fhort time, will reduce the Bed 

 to a moderate Heat. 



After your Bed has been made 

 a Fortnight, you mail cover the 

 Crowns of the Roots with fine Earth, 



about two Inches thick ; and when 

 the Buds appear above-ground thro"* 

 that Earth, you mull again lay on 

 a frefh Tared, about three Irtches 

 thick ; fo that, in the Whole, it 

 may be five Inches above the Crowns 

 of the Roots, which will be fuf- 

 ficient. 



Then you muft make a Band of 

 Straw, or long Litter, about four 

 Inches thick, which you mud fatten 

 round the Sides of the Bed, that the 

 Upper-part may be level with the 

 Surface of the Ground: this muft 

 be fattened with ftrait Sticks about 

 two Feet long, fharpened at the 

 Points, to run into the Bed ; and 

 upon this Band you muft fet your 

 Frames, and put your GlalTes there- 

 on ; but if, after your Bed hath 

 been made three Weeks, you find 

 the Heat decline, you muft lay a 

 good Lining of ffdh hot Dung 

 round the Sides of the Bed, which 

 will add a frefh Heat thereto ; and, 

 in bad Weather, as alio every Night, 

 keep the Glafies covered with Mats 

 and Straw ; but, in the Day-time, 

 let it be ail taken off, efpecially 

 whenever the Sun appears ; which, 

 mining thro' the G'alUs, will give 

 a good Colour to the Afparagus. 



A Bed thus made, if it works 

 kindly, will begin to produce Buds, 

 for cutting, in about five Weeks, 

 and will hold about three Weeks 

 in cutting ; which, if rightly planted 

 with good Roots, wi l produce, in 

 that time, about three hundred Buds 

 in each Light: fo that, if you would 

 continue your Afparagus until the 

 Sealon cf the Natural being pro- 

 duced, you muft make a frefh Bed 

 every three Weeks, until the Begin- 

 ning of March, from the Seafon of 

 your fir ft Bed being made: for i£ 

 your kilt Bed is made about a Week 

 in Ma; J), it w ill laft ti l the Seafon 

 of Batata! Afparagus ; and the lair 

 K 3 Bed* 



