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at the Pains and Expence to have 

 this Fruit in every Month of the 

 Year ; which is rather a Curiofity 

 than any real Advantage ; for Cu- 

 cumbers that are produced before 

 Jpril cannot be fo whoHbme as thofe 

 that are later : for before the Sun 

 hath Strength enough to warm the 

 Beds thro' the Glaifes in the Day- 

 time, all the Force mufl proceed 

 from the Fermentatio n of the Dung, 

 which mult confequently occafion a 

 very confiderable Steam, as alfo a 

 great Quantity of Air will be there- 

 by generated, which, being pent up 

 in the Hot bed, foon becomes ran- 

 cid; and the Steam of the Bed being 

 i by the Cold of the Night condenfed 

 : into large Drops of Water, thefe, 

 < being abforb'd or infpir'd by the 

 Plants, mu(l certainly make the Fruit 

 ! crude and unhealthy, efpecially when 

 : the Nights are very long. This, 

 , together with the great Expence and 

 Trouble of procuring them earlier, 

 having almoit got the better of Peo- 

 ples Ambition, hath rendered it iefs 

 I practifed than it hath been fome 

 | Years fince. 1 Ihall begin with 

 giving plain Directions how to pro- 

 | cure Plenty of good handfome Fruit 

 in Jpril. 



Towards the latter End of Janu- 

 ary yow muft provide a Quantity of 

 new Horfe-dung, with the Litter 

 mixed together (in proportion to the 

 Number of Plants you intend to 

 raife, which if for a piivate Family, 

 two Loads will be full enough) : this 

 fhould be thrown into an Heap, 

 mixing a few Sea-coal Ames there- 

 with ; in about four or five Days af- 

 ter, the Dung will begin to heat, 

 at which time you may draw a little 

 Part of the Heap on the Outfide flat, 

 laying thereon a little good Earth, 

 about two Inches thick ; this you 

 fhould cover with a Bell-glafs, lay- 

 j^e a little dry Litter thereon; and 



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in a Day or two after, when yon 

 perceive the Earth to be warm, you 

 muft put your Seeds therein, cover- 

 ing them about a quarter of an Inch, 

 with the fame Earth ; then put the 

 Glafs on again : and alfo at Night, 

 or in bad Weather, obferve to cover 

 the Glafs with dry Litter or Mats, 

 &c. and in three or four Days time 

 (if the Dung be in a good Temper 

 of Heat) the Plants will appear 

 above ground ; which when you-firft 

 obferve, you mult immediately with 

 the adjoining Heap of Dung make 

 a Bed of one finglc Light, being 

 careful not to take the Dung away 

 too clofe to the Bell-glafs, but ob- 

 ferving to lav* a little Dung round 

 about it, as alfo to keep it covered, 

 that the young Plants may not re- 

 ceive a Check thereby. This Hot- 

 bed will require to be three Feet 

 thick in Dung at leaft, which, in 

 the making, fhould be carefully 

 mixed, and beat pretty clofe with 

 the Fork, to prevent the Heat from 

 being too fudden and violent : then 

 lay lome frefh Earth upon the Dung, 

 about three Inches thick, levelling 

 it very even, and put on the Frame, 

 covering it over in the Night, or in 

 bad Weather, with a Mat, £sV. as 

 before, in order to excite an Heat in 

 the Bed ; and as foon as you perceive 

 the Bed to be in a good kindly 

 Temper of Heat, you mould prick 

 your young Plants thereon, at about 

 two Inches Diftance each Way, ob- 

 ferving to put them into the Earth 

 almoft up to their Seed-ieaves. 



If the Bed is of a good Temper 

 for Heat, your Plants will take Root 

 in lels than twenty-four Hours; after 

 which time you muft be careful to 

 let in a Jittle Air, at fuch times when 

 the Weather will permit, as alfo to 

 turn the Glaffes upfide downwards 

 every Day to dry ; for the Steam of 

 the Bed, condenfing on the Giaffes, 

 7 will 



