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early Cucumbers, for omitting what 

 they call an effential Pare of Garden- 

 ing, I iliall beg Leave here to fub- 

 join a fhort Account of a Method 

 which I have ufed with very good 

 Succefs, to obtain Cucumbers very 

 sarly ; which is, After having raifed 

 the Plants in the manner before di- 

 rected for early Cucumbers, until 

 :hey have put forth their rough 

 Leave.-, I prepared fome looie 

 vrought Bafkets, about eight Inches 

 diameter, and five Inches deep, 

 vith two fniall Handles to each; 

 hen I made a frem Hot-bed of good 

 ftrengtb, which would hold a Frame 

 if two Lights; on this f placed the 

 Safkecs, which were almoft full of 

 ,ood light Earth, as near to each 

 'ther- as polfible, by which means 

 his fmall Dud wouldcontain eighteen 

 r twenty Bafkets ; then I filled up 

 pe Spaces between the Bafkets with 

 pe fame light Karth as w-as put into 

 le Bafkets, putting the Frame and 

 tjailes ever the Bed, which in two 

 )ays was in a proper Temperature 

 f Heat to receive the Plants ; then 

 put five into each Bafket, obferv- 

 ig to water and fliade them until 

 icy had taken Root ; afterwards 

 anaging them as was before di- 

 eted for the firit Crop of Cucum- 

 irs, observing, when the Bed be- 

 in to lofe its Heat, to lay a little 

 efh Dung round the Sides, which 

 Ided a new Heat to the Bed. In 

 , is Frame I fuffered them to remain 

 afll the Plants were laid down, and 

 jid run to the Sides of the Bafkets; 

 en I prepared a Ridge, which I 

 ade of a good Subltaiice in Dung ; 

 d aher it hnd lain two cr three 

 ays to Lear, I removed the Plants 

 the B..fkets, placing one into the 

 o!e in the Middle of each Light, 

 hefe Plants in a fhort time after 

 oduced Fruit, which, by the good 

 sniper of Heat in the Bed, grew 

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fo fair, that in three 'Weeks after 

 removing the Bafkets, I cut Cucum- 

 bers. There are feveral Advantages 

 in this Management; hrft, you can 

 keep the Bafkets in a fmail Room 

 for a considerable time, whereby 

 your Frames may be employed in 

 other Ufes ; and fecondly, a lefs 

 Quantity of Dung is required in this 

 Way : thirdly, w hen the Plants are 

 in Bafkets, if you find your Bed too 

 hot, it ii but railing up the Bafkets, 

 and they are fecure from any Dan- 

 ger ; and when the violent Heat is 

 over, they may be fettled down 

 again : and laltly, by having your 

 Plants fo forward for Fruit when 

 they are put into the Ridges, the 

 Heat of the Bed continues to let and 

 bring off the fir ft Crop of Fruit; for 

 want of which kindly Heat, the firfl 

 Setting or Crop of Fruit which ap- 

 pears upon the Vir.es, either drops 

 off, or is a long time growing to 

 Maturity ; therefore from thefe, and 

 many other Advantages attending 

 this Method, 1 may with Safety 

 pronounce it the belt yet known 

 to procure Cucumbers in any of the 

 Winter or Spring Months. 



CUCUMIS AGRESTIS. Vidg 

 Elateriuin. 



Cucurbit a, The Gourd. 



The Characters are ; 

 // hath a Flonuer conffting of one 

 Leaf, *wbicb is of the expanded Bell- 

 Jlape, for the mojl part Jo deeply cut, 

 that it feemt to confjl of fve difincl 

 Leaves : this, like ti e Cucumber, has 

 Male and Fen: ale Flower s on the fame 

 Plant : the Fruit of fome Species is 

 long, c t ethers round or bottle jl aped, 

 and is c&mmonly divided into fx Cells, 

 in which are contained many flr.t ob- 

 long Seeds, which have Jem. times a 

 Border r,und them. 



1 hv? Spicier are ; 

 i . Cucurbit a L nga, folic me Hi, 

 fore alio. J. B. The Ion- Courd„ 

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