The Englijh Gardner. 
coal-afhes, undoubtedly it doth caufe it to have the greater 
heat, and it may be to .hold it the longer; Having laid your 
mould fmooth, and fetled it with your Spade, then take 
your Glafles, and make feveral Impreffions’■according • to the 
quantity of Seed you would prick on your Bed, and within 
the Circle of each Glals prick feme Seed, as much as is con¬ 
venient, and then fet your Glafles over the Seed you prick $ 
then with feme poles or hoops Arch your Bed over , tying 
feme poles at length, that it may be the flronger to uphold 
•your covering, and then cover your Bed either with old Sail¬ 
cloth or Bafs-mats, and draw upon that, the better to keep 
either Snow or Rain from your Bed , which would fpoil all, 
either caufing your Bed to burn or feald your Plants by chil¬ 
ling or deflroying them; feme do not prick their feed, un¬ 
til the fecond or third Day after their bed was made , and 
as occalion ferves you may give your Plants breath by rai¬ 
ling your Glafles a little, but if your Bed be but flow and 
of fmall heat, you may quicken it by laying feme ftraw 
upon and between your Glafles, which you may withdraw 
as you fee caufe, and then when your Plants are pretty 
flrong and green, take off your Glafles, and pull up your 
Plants and new prick them again in the lame bed and earth, 
not ftirring the earth at all; fet them up to the leaves about 
^hree Inches afender or little lefs, then water them as you 
fee caufe with a little Water Blood-warm , then fet over 
your Glafles elofe, and cover them with ftraw all over, and 
betwixt them cover your Arch with your Mats or other pro- 
vifion for two days or more, as you fee caufe; then draw up 
one of your Plants,and if it have taken new Root,take off the 
covering and give them the Sun a little in the morning, and 
a little after noon through the Glafles only; and then if wea¬ 
ther permit,give them a little more Sun than they had the day 
before, and when you find they will endure the Sun through 
the Glafles, if Weather give leave, under-fet your Glafles a 
little, and give them Air, and it will ftrengthen them, and 
keep them from running up; but be fere to keep them from 
wind, 
