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directly set on the glasses; if sunny weather, and the sun power- 
ful, shade them a little with a mat over each glass, and repeat the 
waterings occasionally, once or twice a week, according to the 
degree of warmth in the bed, and temperature of the weather; but 
let moderation be always observed in performing this work, espe- 
cially when newly planted. 
When the plants are well taken with the ground and growing 
freely, give them plenty of air, by raising the glasses on one side, 
and when they have grown so large as to run out under the glasses, 
let these be raised on brickbats, stones, or pieces of wood, to give 
full liberty to the pknts, and do not take them off totally till 
towards the end of May. 
Cucumber and melon seeds may be sown about the middle of 
this month, on ridges made as above, and protected with glasses; 
these will be much earlier than if sown in the beginning of May 
in the open ground, and much more profitable to market-gardeners. 
Plunting Cauliflowers. 
In order to have cauliflowers in good perfection, you must be 
provided with stout early plants, such as are strong, and in the 
middle states, perfectly fit for planting out, early this month: being 
ftirnished with these, select a piece of very rich loam, rather inclin- 
ing to moisture, but by no means wet, and such as will not be 
subject either to burn or become stiff and bound by severe drought, 
always avoiding sand or clay, as much as possible; give it at least 
four or five inches deep of well rotted cow-dung, or if this cannot 
be had, other old manure; dig or trench it one good spade or 
eighteen inches deep, incorporating the manure effectually there- 
with, as you proceed in digging or trenching. 
Then in the first week of this month, take up your plants, which 
were managed as directed in the preceding month, with a trans- 
planter or hollow trowel, one by one, preserving as much earth as 
possible about their roots, and plant them down to their leaves in 
rov/s three feet asunder, and the same distance plant from plant, in 
the rows, forming a little hollow (basin like) about eight inches 
over, and two deep, round every plant to receive water occasionally, 
till fit for earthing up; and which, immef/tafe/?/ previous to landing 
the plants, should be filled with good compost earth, if convenient. 
Then give each a little water, which repeat at intervals of three 
or four days, till in a vigorous growing state, and afterwards occa- 
sionally. Or, after having first manured and dug the ground, you 
may make trenches as if Tor celery, in the direction of north and 
south; and in the bottom of each lay four inches deep of well rotted 
cow-dung, cast thereon five or six inches of earth, and point over 
the whole with a spade, mixing the earth and dung effectually: in 
these trenches plant your cauliflower plants at the above distances, 
and give occasional waterings as before. 
To attempt planting cauliflowers in poor ground would be 
labour in vain; they love, nay, they require a deep, very rich, and 
