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state of forwardness by the 26th or 28th of 
April, as to be fit for removal to a full north 
aspect on your Auricula stage or any other 
shady situation you may think most proper. 
To make those hand-glasses secure and con- 
venient, you should procure some long pieces 
of deal lath, but broader and rather stouter 
than a common pantile lath; after this, procure 
some old coach-wheel spokes, or other suitable 
stakes, drive them into the earth, leaving six 
inches clear out, and then nail the stout laths 
on the top of the stakes : this method you will 
find the most convenient for keeping your 
flowers during the last fortnight, as well as for 
watering and placing the pips in handsome 
form, which may be assisted by a slip of 
smooth deal, made flat, about half the width 
of a match, &c. The laths may remain in this 
situation, if not an eye-sore, till the ensuing 
season; and your hand-glasses will immediately 
come into use for ridge cucumbers or other 
purposes. 
Having recommended this east aspect as a 
finish for blooming, the mats, &c. should be 
taken off the glasses about seven; and if it 
proves sunny, they should be shaded at half 
past nine in the morning till about twelve or 
one, when the sun will be of this aspect: of 
