. Vick's floral guide. ake rich hillsof well-rotted manure, two feet in diameter, and planta dozen or more seeds, covering half an inch all danger from insects is over, pull all but threeor four of the strongest plants. The middle of June isearly enough to plant for pickling. Make the hills aboutsix feet apart. For early Cucumbers, the hot-bed isnecessary; but the simplest and sures. way to producea tolerably early crop of the best kinds is, where it isdesigned to place a hill, dig a hole about eighteen in-ches deep and three feet across ; into this put a barrowof fresh manure, and c
. Vick's floral guide. ake rich hillsof well-rotted manure, two feet in diameter, and planta dozen or more seeds, covering half an inch all danger from insects is over, pull all but threeor four of the strongest plants. The middle of June isearly enough to plant for pickling. Make the hills aboutsix feet apart. For early Cucumbers, the hot-bed isnecessary; but the simplest and sures. way to producea tolerably early crop of the best kinds is, where it isdesigned to place a hill, dig a hole about eighteen in-ches deep and three feet across ; into this put a barrowof fresh manure, and cover with a small box-like frame,on the top of which place a couple of lights of the plants grow, keep the earth drawn up to thestems. Water, and give air. The Foreign Varieties, represented by the longspecimen in the engraving, are of fine quality and ofwonderful size, often two feet in length, but they re-quire a hot-bed to help them along until the weatheris warm. In Europe they are grown in glass
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