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into larger pots of the following dimensions : at the top four- 

 teen inches over : the bottom ten inches across and twelve 

 inches deep, all inside measure : each pot at equal distances 

 apart having three side drain holes near the bottom, and a 

 larger one in the centre of the bottom, and containing about 

 three pecks of solid earth. 



The Cucumber plants were fruited this season in a pinery. 

 On the front edge of the back flue of this stove a fascia 

 boarding six inches deep was affixed the whole length of 

 the building, forming all along a trough or inclosure for a 

 reserve of compost after the exhaustion of the mould in the 

 pots had taken place. The pots were now placed in regular 

 order upon the mould trough over the flue, at three feet 

 apart, and remained permanently in this station for succession. 

 A setting of the second sowing was placed upon the end 

 flues of the house ; underneath each pot was set an upright 

 circular garden pan, six inches deep and fourteen inches 

 diameter, which being filled with earth, the pots were plunged 

 therein about two inches deep, and the drain holes being 

 sufficiently covered with mould served as outlets to the roots. 



From this time the fire-heat of the stove was kept day and 

 night at 60° to 65° Fahrenheit's thermometer, varying 

 only a few degrees when the sudden influence of sun or 

 steam produced an additional glow of climate. The plants 

 being now established and vigorous, required stopping for 

 laterals and fruit ; and these second and third lateral shoots 

 in their turn were stopped also, and the blossoms from time 

 to time set, as usual, for succession of supply. 



Waterings were necessary, only when the surface of the 

 earth was evidently dry, and light sprinklings of soft water 



