tained, tho iiii>lit temperature beinij;- tlien fifteen or twenty 

 degrees lower than the day temperature ; in winter little or no 

 water should be given, and the atmosphere kept as dry as pos- 

 sible. The temperature in winter should be about fifty, and in 

 summer from sixty to eighty; lower than this we know has been 

 recommended, but we believe this to be best suited to a sound 

 and healthy condition, and in this we have seen them flourishing 

 vigorously. 



