n potted two or three days, to stir the
mould in the pots, round the plants, and likewise the tan, with a
sharp-pointed stick, which will contribute to freshen the plants, and
prevent any thing of a mouldy nature from injuring them.

As soon as they have made the first rough leaf, top them, by taking out
the break that appears next, which may be easily done with the thumb and
finger, or a sharp-pointed stick. In little more than a fortnight, they
will be in a fit state to top down; and in three weeks from the time of
sowing, ready to ridge out.

At this time of the year, the bed will not require any lining; but
observe, that as the wrapping sinks, it will be necessary to increase
it, pressing it down close to the box, and keeping it within one-third
of the top.

If the plants are not ridged out when three weeks old, plunge them up to
the rim, until the fruiting frame is ready for their reception, which
ought to be at the latest when they are a month or five weeks old. If it
should happen, however, that the frame is not perfectly sweet, by no
means ridge them out until it is in a proper condition. After they are a
month old, increase the lining at the back and front, about four or five
barrows-full each, applying it in the following manner:--Remove the
wrapping down to the bottom, and extend the dung to the width of two
feet, and three parts as high as the bed; drawing it in to about
eighteen inches at the top. Cover the lining with the litter four inches
wide from the bottom, and three parts as high as the box, being
particularly careful in stopping up the inside, by pressing the tan
close to the box, about three inches above the bottom. As the lining
sinks, add a little wrapping to the top, formed of hay, or old litter
that is quite sweet.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Dung put together in the above manner, will retain its virtue from
six to nine months.

[2] The heat required in October sown plants, while growing in the
seed-bed, is from sixty-five to seventy degrees of Fahrenheit's
thermometer. Should that temperature be exceeded in this season, they
will draw up very long: but after being ridged out, more heat will
become necessary; that is to say, from seventy to eighty degrees: and
the same is to be observed with young plants raised in the three
following months.

[3] Some gardeners are very particular in having seed that is three or
four years old, imagining that new will grow too vigorous, and not show
fruit or set