munltor of pots pjot in and kept healthy. Tt shoiihl have hoen stated a})ove, that it 

 is iiulisponsabic that the roof shduld be water-proof, for the drip will sericjusly iii- 

 coimnodc you, if it is allowed to come in. 



Let it be seriously impressed upon the possessor of a greenhouse for general pur- 

 poses to be as liberal as possible in the admission of air on every practicable occasiuii. 

 No one thing is so inimical to the health of plants as the want of fresh air. A free 

 movement among the leaves, occasioned by the wind, is always to be desired, and 

 there are no days, except when frost exists, when this may not be gained. It is 

 surprising what a dread exists of fresh air among a large class of persons. They 

 exclude it from their bed-rooms, and on the same principle shut it out from their 

 greenhouses, with the same result in both cases. To drive out damp, or to prevent 

 its entrance, no plan is so effectual as that now recommended. 



Ordinary frosts may be resisted without the application of fire-heat, if care is 

 taken to cover up the house with some material which is a non-conductor of heat. 

 If in any case a sharper frost than was anticipated should occur in the night, leave 

 on your covering until the sun has risen some time, or until you have ascertained 

 that any frozen foliage is thawed. It is astonishing how much a tender plant will 

 stand of cold, if light, and especially solar rays, are excluded until the thawing is 

 over. In all cases the object is not to give heat but to exclude frost, and to this 

 end the skill and attention of the amateur should be directed. 



In the present state of the garden in general, while the foliage remains unmoved, 

 and flowers axe still brilliant, every amateur should take a survey of his domain, 

 whether extensive or limited, for purposes of future alteration and improvement. 

 Time will be well employed in noting matters which admit of a better arrangement 

 than they have yet received, and it is highly important that the various effects pro- 

 duced by the position and filling up of flower beds, and the allocation of trees and 

 shrubs, should be marked. In relation, for instance, to close planting, this is the 

 time to observe its injurious consequences, and to determine to correct them. In 

 winter, when the branches are destitute of their umbrageous coverings, there 

 appears to be space enough for each tree and shnib to revel in; but in the autumn 

 the conviction made by a survey is very different. Some plants touch each other, 

 others are becoming intertwined, others are fast hastening to incommode their 

 neighbours. Now, although it would have been wiser to have planted at a proper 

 distance at first, the quicker the evil is remedied the better it will be. Mark those 

 trees which are thus threatened with shortness of house-room, and let them be 

 moved with care, so that they may suffer as little as possible. 



If the cropping of a kitchen garden is observed, and the arrangements which have 

 existed during the year in the plantations of Gooseberries, Currants, Raspberries, 

 and Strawberries, it will be found that the best vegetables and finest fruit have been 

 secured where the most liberal space has been allowed for sun and air. A wet season 

 teaches capital lessons on this subject, for it is then seen how shade and contracted 

 quarters injure vegetation and deprive fruits of their proper flavour. One of the 

 last lessons learned by the gardener is, that if we are generous to Nature, she 

 be generous to us, but that if we restrict her she is amply revenged. Make 



