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' HORSE-CHESTNUT. Vide 

 Hippocaftanum. 



HORSE-DUNG is of great Ufe 

 to make Hot- beds for the raifing ail 

 Sorts of early Gai den-crops, as Cu- 

 cumbers, Melons, Afparagus, Sal- 

 lading, &c. for which Purpofe no 

 other Sort of Dung will do fo well, 

 this fermenting the ftrongeft ; and, 

 if mix'd with long Litter, and Sea- 

 coal Ames, in a due Proportion, will 

 continue its Heat much longer than 

 any other Sort of Dung whatfoever; 

 and afterward, when rotted, be- 

 comes an excellent Manure for moll 

 Sorts of Lands, more efpecially for 

 fuch as are of a cold Nature ; and 

 for ftift* clayey Lands, when mixed 

 with Sea-coal Ames, and the Cleanf- 

 ings of London Streets, it will caufe 

 the Parts to feparate much fooner 

 than any other Compoft will do ; fo 

 that where it can be obtained in 

 Plenty, I would always recommend 

 the Ufe of it for fuch Lands. 



HOT BEDS are of general Ufe 

 an thefe Northern Parts of Europe, 

 without which we could not enjoy 

 fo many of the Produces of warmer 

 Climates as we do now ; nor could 

 We have the Tables furnilhed with 

 the feveral Produces of the Garden, 

 during the Winter and Spring- 

 months, as they are at prefent in moll 

 Parts of England, better than in any 

 Other Country in Europe for altho' 

 we cannot boaft of the Clemency of 

 our Climate, yet England is better 

 furnimed with all Sorts of efculent 

 Plants for the Table, much earlier in 

 the Seafon, and in greater Quanti- 

 ties, than any of our Neighbours ; 

 which is owing to cur Skill in Hot- 

 beds. 



The ordinary Hot beds which are 

 commonly usM in the Kitchen-gar- 

 dens, are made with new Horfe- 

 dung, in the following manner : 



i tf, Provide a Quantity of new 



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Dung from the Stable (in whictf 

 there mould be Part of the Litter or 

 Straw which is commonly ufed in 

 the Stable), in proportion to the 

 Length of the Bed intended ; which, 

 if early in the Year, mould not be 

 lefs than one good Load for each 

 Light; this Dung mould be thrown 

 up in an Heap, mixing therewith a 

 few Sea-coal Afhes, which will be of 

 Service to continue the Heat of the 

 Dung ; it mould remain fix or fever* 

 Days in this Heap ; then it mould 

 be turned over, and the Parts well 

 mixed together, and cart into an 

 Heap again, where it may continue 

 five or fix Days longer ; by which 

 time it will have acquir'd a due 

 Heat : then in fome well-fheltered 

 Part of the Garden you mull dig out 

 a Trench in Length and Width, 

 proportionably to the Frames you 

 intend it for ; and, if the Ground 

 be dry, about a Foot, or a Foot and 

 an half deep; but if wet, not above 

 fix Inches j then wheel the Dung in- 

 to the Opening, obferving to flir 

 every Part of it with a Fork, and lay 

 it exactly even and fmooth thro* 

 every Part of the Bed ; as alfo to 

 lay the Bottom-part of the Heap 

 (which is commonly free from Lit- 

 ter) upon the Surface of the Bed ; 

 this will prevent the Steam from rife- 

 ing fo plentifully as it would other- 

 wife do : and if it be defigned for a 

 Bed to plant out Cucumbers to re- 

 main for good, you muft make an 

 Hole in the Middle of each Light 

 about ten Inches over, and fix deep, 

 which mould be filPd with good frefh 

 Earth, thrufting a Stick into theMid- 

 dle,to mew the Place where the Hole 

 is intended ; then cover the Bed all 

 over with the Earth which was taken 

 out of the Trench about four Inches 

 thick, and cover it with the Frame, 

 letting it remain until the Earth be 

 warm, which conujionly happens in 



