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which is many times the Cafe in 

 jnild Winters, efpecially if unfkil- 

 fully managed. 



Towards the Latter end of Fe- 

 bruary, if the Weather be mild, you 

 Jhould prepare another good Spot of 

 Ground, to remove fome of the 

 Plants into, from under the GlaiTes, 

 which mould be well dungM and 

 trench'd (as before) ; then fet off 

 your GlaiTes ; and, after making 

 choice of one of the moft promiiing 

 Plants under each Glafs, which 

 ihould remain for good, take away 

 the other Plant, by raifing it up with 

 a Trowel, l5c. fo as to preferve as 

 much Earth to the Roots as poiuble ; 

 but have a great Regard to the Plant 

 that is to remain, not to difturb or 

 prejudice its Roots j then plant your 

 Plants which you have taken out, at 

 the Diftance before directed ; <viz. 

 If for a full Crop, three Feet and an 

 half, Row from Row ; but if for 

 Ridges of Cucumbers between them, 

 eight Feet, and two Feet four 

 Inches Diftance in the Rows : then 

 with a fmall Hoe draw the Earth up 

 to the Stems of the Plants which 

 were left under the GlaiTes, taking 

 great Care not to let the Earth fall 

 into their Hearts : then fet your 

 GlaiTes over them again, raifing your 

 Props an Inch or two higher, to give 

 them more Air, oblerving to take 

 them off whenever there may be 

 fome gentle Showers, which will 

 greatly refreih the Plants. 



And, in a little time after, if you 

 find your Plants grow fo fail as to 

 £11 the GlaiTes, you mould then 

 flightly dig about the Plants, and 

 raife the Ground about them in a 

 Bed broad enough for the GlaiTes to 

 {land, and about four Inches high, 

 which will give your Plants a great 

 deal of room, w hen the GlaffVs are 

 let over them ; and by this means 

 they may be kept covar'd ppti] dprif. 



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which otherwife they could not, 

 without Prejudice to the Leaves of 

 the Plants : and this is a great Ad- 

 vantage to them ; for many times 

 we have Returns of fevere Froits at 

 the Latter-end of March, which 

 prove very hurtful to thefe Plants, if 

 expos'd thereto, efpecially after hav- 

 ing been nursM up under GlaiTes. 



After you have fininYd your Beds, 

 you may fet your GlaiTes over your 

 Plants again, obferving to raife your 

 Props pretty high, efpecially if the 

 Weather be mild, that they may have 

 free Air to ftrengthen them ; and in 

 mild foft Weather fet off ycur 

 GlaiTes, as alfo in gentle Showers of 

 Rain : and now you muft begin to 

 harden them by degrees to endure 

 the open Air; however, it is ad- 

 vifeable to let your GlaiTes remain 

 over them as long as pofiible, if the 

 Nights ihould be frofty, which will 

 greatly forward your Plants : but be 

 fure do not let your GlaiTes remain 

 upon them in very hot Sun fhine, 

 efpecially if their Leaves prefs agamft 

 the Sides of the GlaiTes ; for I have 

 often obferved, in fuch Cafes, that 

 the Moifture which hath rifen from 

 the Ground, together with the Per- 

 fpiration of the Plants, which, by the 

 GlaiTes remaining over them, hath 

 been detained upon the Leaves of 

 the Plant, and when the Sun hath 

 fhone hot upon the Sides of the 

 GlaiTes, hath acquired fuch a pow- 

 erful Heat from the Beams thereof, 

 as to fcald all their larger Leaves, to 

 the no fmall Prejudice of the Plants : 

 nay, fometimes I have feen large 

 Quantities of Plants fo affected here- 

 with, as never to be worth any thing 

 after. 



If your Plants have fucceeded well, 

 toward the -End of April fome of 

 them will begin to fruit : you muft 

 therefore look over them carefully 

 every other Day ; and when you fee 



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