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muft be raifed in the fame manner 

 as hath been already dire&ed ; and 

 about the middle of April, if the 

 Seafon proves forward, will be a 

 good time to make the Beds : but if 

 the Seafon is cold, it had better be 

 'deferred fomewhat later: a fufficient 

 Quantity of hot Dung mould be 

 provided, in proportion to the Num- 

 ber of Glafies; allowing eight or 

 nine good Wheelbarrows of Dung 

 to each Glafs. If there is intended 

 but one Bed, which is propofed to 

 be extended in Length, the Trench 

 Ihould be dug out three Feet and an 

 half wide, and the Length accord- 

 ing to the Number of Glafies, which 

 fhould not be placed nearer than five 

 Feet to each other from Middle to 

 Middle ; for when the Plants are too 

 near each other, the Vines will in- 

 termix, and. fill the Bed lb clofely, 

 as to prevent the Fruit from fetting: 

 in digging of the Trench, it mould 

 be fo lituated, as to allow for the 

 Widening of the Bed three or four 

 Feet on each Side ; the Depth mult 

 be according as the Soil is dry or 

 wet: but, as was before obferved, if 

 the Soil is fo dry, as that there is no 

 Danger of the Beds being hurt by 

 the Wet, the lower they are made 

 in the Ground the better : in the 

 making of the Beds the fame re- 

 gard muft be had to the well-mixing 

 and laying of the Dung, as was be- 

 fore directed : and after the Dung is 

 laid, there Ihould be an Hill of 

 Earth raifed, where each Plant is to 

 Hand, one Foot and an half high : 

 the other Part of the Bed need not 

 as yet be covered more than four 

 Inches thick, which will be fufficient 

 to keep the Warmth of the Dung 

 from evaporating : then the Glafies 

 ihould be placed over the Hills, and 

 fet down clofe, in order to warm 

 the Earth of the Hills, to receive 

 the Plants ; and if the Beds work 



kindly, they will be in a proper 

 Temperature to receive the Plants, 

 in two or three Days after making ; 

 then the Plants Ihould be removed in. 

 the fame manner as was before di- 

 rected : and if they are in Pots, fo 

 that there will be no Danger of their 

 growing, there Ihould but one Plant 

 be put under each Glafs : and if the/ 

 are not in Pots, there mould be 

 two ; one of which may be after- 

 ward taken away, if they both grow: 

 thefe Plants muft be watered and 

 fhaded every Day, until they have 

 taken Root : and if the Nights prove 

 cold, it will be proper to cover the 

 Glafies with Mats, to prefer ve the 

 Warmth of the Bed. 



Where there are feveral of the 

 Beds intended, they fhould be placed 

 at eight Feet Diitance from each 

 other, that there may be a proper 

 Space left between them, to be af- 

 terward filled up, for the Roots of 

 the Vines to have room for extend- 

 ing themfelves, for the Reafons be- 

 fore given. 



When the Plants have taken good 

 Root in the Beds, their Tops muft 

 be pinched off ; and their Pruning, 

 &c. muft, from time to time, be the 

 fame as for thofe under the Frames: 

 in the Day-time when the Weather 

 is warm, the Glafies ihould be raifed 

 on the oppofite Side to the Wind, to 

 admit frelh Air to the Plants ; for' 

 where this is not obferved, they will 

 draw up weak and fickly : therefore 

 all pofiibie Care fhould be taken, to 

 prevent this ; for if the Runners 

 have not proper Strength, they can 

 never fupply the Fruit with Nourifh- 

 ment. 



When the Plants are grown fo 

 long as to reach the Sides of the 

 Glafies, if the Weather proves fa- 

 vourable, the Glafies muft be fet up 

 on three Bricks, fo as to raife them 

 about two Inches from the Surface 



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