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The watering of the Beds all oyer 

 kvill be of great Service, by giving 

 'Nourifliment to thofe Roots, which 

 by this time will have extended 

 themfelves all over the Bed : and if 

 the Warmth of the Bed fhould now 

 klecline, it will be of great Service 

 to add a Lining of frefh Dung round 

 ithe Sides of the Beds, to give a new 

 Heat to them : for as the Nights 

 are often cold at this Sealbn, where 

 the Beds have not a kindly Warmth 

 left in them, the Fruit will frequent- 

 ly drop off the Vines, when grown 

 to the Size of a little Finger: and 

 'if upon this Lining of Dung there 

 is a Thicknefs of ftrong Eartn laid 

 for the Roots of the Plants to run 

 into, it will greatly ftrengihen them, 

 and continue the Piants in Vigour 

 a much longer time than they other- 

 wife will do ; -for the Roots cf thefe 

 Plants extend to a great Diflance 

 when they have room, which they 

 cannot have in a Bed not more than 

 five Feet wide ; fo that when they 

 have no greater Extent for their 

 Roots, the Plants will not continue 

 in Vigour above fix Weeks, which, 

 if they have a Depth and Extent of 

 Earth, will continue three Months 

 in bearing; fo that where there are 

 feveral Beds made near each other, 

 it will be the beft Way to fill up the 

 Bottom of the APeys between them 

 with warm Dung, and cover that 

 with a proper Thicknefs of Earth, 

 fo as to raife them to the Level of 

 the Beds. 



Thefe Directions, with diligent 

 Obfervaticn, will be fufricient for 

 the Management of this Crop of 

 Cucumbers : and Vines thus treated 

 will continue to fupply you with 

 Fruit till the Beginning of July, by 

 which time the fecond Crop will 

 come to hears the Sowing and Ma- 

 naging of which is what I ihall next 

 proceed to. 



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About the Middle of March t oi 

 a little later, according to the Earli- 

 nefs of the Seafon, you muft put in 

 your Seeds, either under a Bell- 

 glafs, or in the upper Side of your 

 early Hot-bed ; and when the Plants 

 are come up, they fhould be pricked 

 upon another moderate Hot-bed. 

 which fhould be covered with Bell or 

 Hand-glafTes, placed as clofe as pof- 

 fible to each other ; the Plants fhould 

 a'.fo be prick'd at about two Inches 

 Diftance from each other, obferving 

 to water and lhade them until they 

 have taken Root, which will be in 

 a very fhort time. This is to be 

 underflood of fuch Places where a 

 great Quantity ofPlants are required ; 

 which is conltantly the Cafe in the 

 Kitchen-gardens near London ; but 

 where it is only for the Supply of a 

 Family, there may be Plants enough 

 raifed on the upper Side of the Beds 

 where the firft Crop is growing; or 

 if the Vines fhould have extended 

 themfelves fo far as to cover the 

 whole Bed, whereby there will not 

 be room to prick the Plant?, a fmgle 

 Light will contain a fufikient Num- 

 ber of Plants while young, to plant 

 out in Ridges, to fupply the largeft 

 Family with Cucumbers during the 

 whole latter Seafon. You mullaifo 

 cover the Glafl'es with Mats every 

 Night, or in very bad Weather ; 

 but in the Day-time, when the 

 Weather is hot, you muft raife the 

 GlafTes with a Stone on the oppofite 

 Side from the Wind, to give Air 

 to the Plants, which will greatly 

 hrengthen them : you mull alio wa- 

 ter them as you fhall find they re- 

 quire it ; but this muft be done fpare- 

 ingly while the Plants are young. 



The Middle of April the Plants 

 will be ftrong enough to ridge out ; 

 you muft therefore be provided with 

 an Heap of new Dung, in proportion 

 to the Quantity of Holes you intend 



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