REMARKS ON A TWO-LIGIIT FRAME. 
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seeds of the red solid celery, and in another, a few seeds of Bath 
coss and other hardy lettuces, the remainder of the pan will do 
for small salading. 
March —As soon as the violent rankness of the dung is properly 
worked off, begin to make up a cucumber bed of not less thickness 
than four feet in the front, and five feet at the back; as soon as the 
radishes are up, take off the frame and place it on the new bed; 
hoop the radish bed over with mats, to preserve the potatoes and 
radishes in case of frost; if it is convenient to place a hand-glass over 
the celery and lettuce pans it will be all the better; fork over the 
new-made bed occasionally, and when the steam is found to 
be pretty sw r eet, put about a bushel of good light maiden soil, mixed 
with a small portion of pigeons’ dung or that of fowls, in the middle 
of each light, and in the course of two or three days, obtain from 
some neighbouring garden, two pots of good stopped cucumber plants ; 
if each pot contains three plants, let one be pulled out, as two are quite 
sufficient for each hill. Make a hole on the summit of the hill, and 
turn out the plants with the ball entire, place them in the hole, and 
press the soil about the roots slightly, also give them a sprinkling 
of water made new milk warm; and if the sun shines bright, take a 
handful of litter and lay on the glass over the plants, which will suf¬ 
ficiently shelter them until they have become established; earth and 
treat them in the usual manner, and fruit will be ready to cut by 
the middle of May. 
About the end of June or beginning of July, if the season be 
fine, cucumbers will have become so common, that perhaps the 
proprietor may not consider it scarcely worth while to keep the frame 
over them, especially as they will grow and bear without it; if this 
is the case, a pit should be formed according to the directions of Mr. 
Waldron, p. 399, and planted with either grapes, figs, or peaches, 
set on the frame, and a crop of excellent fruit may be obtained much 
earlier than in the open air, thus of very superior flavour. Nothing 
more could be accomplished properly with one frame for that sea¬ 
son, as if either grapes or figs were planted in the pit, the frame 
would be kept in use till October; when the season for sheltering 
greenhouse plants, &c. for the winter commences, and continues until 
the following February. 
October —To prepare the frame for the reception of the green¬ 
house plants, &c. take it from off the pit, and place it in a warm situ¬ 
ation opposite the south, and fully exposed to the sun; raise it from 
the ground by laying a brick under each of tbe front comers, and 
two bricks under each of the back ones, this will give a good bevel 
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