10 THE KITCHEN GARDEN. [Jan. 
ground; in which situation they will never produce, especially the 
tall gi*owing kinds, one third as many as if they were properly 
rodded. 
The various kinds of Early-Hotspur Peas, will require rods from 
four to five feet high, the Marrowfat, Glory of England, Whigp and 
Green Rouncival, Spanish Morotto, and other tall growing kinds; 
will require them to be from six to seven feet high, exclusive of 
the part to be inserted in the earth; they ought to be formed or 
dressed fan fashion, the lower ends pointed, for the ease of pushing 
them into the earth, and laid by, either under some shed, or in any 
convenient place till wanted; one set of rods, will with care last for 
three years. The same kind of rods, that the tall growing peas re- 
quire, will answer for the generality of running Kidney-Beans; the 
Lima-Beans require sti'ong poles from eight to nine feet high. 
If in this, and the next month, you neglect forwarding every thing 
that can possibly be done, in and for the garden, you will materially 
find the loss of such inattention, when the hurry and pressure of 
spring business overtake you. Every active and well inclined 
gardener will find abundant employment in the various departments 
of the garden at this season, and need not be idle, if disposed t© be 
industrious, or to serve either himself or his employer. 
Framing. 
Many will think that the instructions hereafter given, for the 
raising of early Cucumbers and Melons, in frames, are too diffuse; 
especially in a country which abounds in these kinds of fruit, pro- 
duced in such quantities, in summer and autumn, without artificial 
heat, or very much trouble. 
The remark may be just, but the principal motive for giving these 
lengthy instructions, is to exercise the young gardener, in the art 
of managing Garden-Frames in general; an art absolutely essen- 
tial to every good Gardener, and which cannot be better exemplified 
then in the raising of early Cucumbers and Melons. And besides 
these fruit coming into use at an early season, will be much valued 
and esteemed. 
As several other kinds of kitchen-garden vegetables are desirable 
at an early season, such as cresses, rape, lettuce, mustard, radishes, 
&c. to cut while young; asparagus, radishes, peas, kidney beans, 
&c. to be forwarded to early perfection; cauliflower and cabbage 
plants, to succeed those sown in Septembei', and to produce a prin- 
cipal crop for early summer use; you should now provide the ne- 
cessary supplies of hot stable dung, rich earth, and other requisites 
proper for their cultivation in hot beds, as explained for each, under 
its respective head. 
Hot-bed-Frames and Lights. 
If not already provided with hot-bed-frames and lights, you may 
get them made agreeably to the following instructions. Large 
frames ought to be made of inch and half? or rather two inch plank, 
