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Melon-beds ; or, where thefe are not 

 to be had, fome Beds fhould be made 

 with a little new Dung, which mould 

 be trodden down clofe, to prevent 

 r he Worms from getting through it ; 

 but it mould not be hot Dung,which 

 would be hurtful to the Plants at 

 this Seaibn ; into which you mould 

 prick your young Plants, at about 

 two Inches fquare, obferving to 

 made and water them at firft plant- 

 ing ; but do not water them too 

 much after they are growing, nor 

 fuffer them to receive too much Rain, 

 if the Seafon mould prove \vet,which 

 would be apt to make them black- 

 Ihank'd (as the Gardeners term it), 

 which is no lefs than a Rottennefs in 

 their Stems, and is the Deitruction 

 of the Plants fo affecled. 



In this Place they fhould continue 

 till about the 19th or 20th Day of 

 Oclober, when they mud be remov'd 

 into the Place where they are to re- 

 main during the Winter- feafon, 

 which, for the firft fbwing, is com- 

 monly under Bell or Hand-glafi'es, 

 to have early Cauliflowers ; and 

 thefe mould be of an early Kind : 

 • but, in order to have a Succeflion 

 during the Seafon, we fhould be pro- 

 vided with another more late Kind, 

 which mould be fown four or five 

 Days after the other, and managed 

 as was directed for them. 



Jn order to have very early Cauli- 

 flowers, we fhould make choice of 

 a good rich Spot of Ground, that is 

 well defended from the North, Eafr, 

 and Weft Winds, with Hedges, Pales, 

 or Walls : this Ground mould be 

 well trench'd, burying therein a good 

 Quantity of rotten Dung ; then level 

 your Ground ; and if it be naturally 

 a wet Soil, you mould raife it up in 

 Beds about two Feet and an half, or 

 three Feet broad, and four Inches 

 above the Level of the Ground ; but 



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if your Ground is moderately dry, 

 you need not raife it at all : then 

 plant your Plants, allowing about 

 two Feet fix Inches Diftance from 

 Glafs to Glafs in the Rows, always 

 putting two good Plants under each 

 Glafs, which may be at about four 

 Inches from each other ; and if you 

 defign them for a full Crop, they 

 may be three Feet and an half, Row 

 from Row : but if you intend to 

 make Ridges for Cucumbers or Me- 

 lons between the Rows of Cauli- 

 flower-plants (as is generally pra- 

 ftis'd by the Gardeners near London ) 9 

 you mult then make your Rows eight 

 Feet afunder. 



When you have planted your 

 Plants, if the Ground is very dry, 

 you fhould give them a little Water, 

 and then fet your Glafles over them, 

 which may remain clofe down upon 

 them, until they have taken Root, 

 which will be in about a Week or 

 ten Days time, nnlefs there fhould be 

 a kindly Shower of Rain ; in which 

 cafe you may fet off the Glafles, that 

 the Plants may receive the Benefit of 

 it; and, in about ten Days after 

 planting, you lhould be provided 

 with a Parcel of forked Sticks or 

 Bricks, with which you mould raife 

 your Glafles about three or four 

 Inches to the Southward, that your 

 Plants may have free Air: in this 

 manner your Glafles fhould remain 

 over the Plants, Night and Day, un- 

 lefs in frolly Weather, when yon 

 fhould fet them down as clofe as pof- 

 fible: or if the Weather fhould prove 

 very warm, which many times hap- 

 pens in November t and ibmctimes in 

 December ; in this Cafe, you mould 

 keep your Glafles off in the Day- 

 time, and put them on only in the 

 Night, lelf, by keeping the Glafles 

 over them too much,you mould draw 

 them into Flower at that Seafon ; 



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