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through the wall. Whenever this cap is 

 removed, cold air will rush into the outer pipe 

 and be discharged into the room, in great 

 quantities, but its place of admission will be 

 so far up the wall that it will come in contact 

 with the warm air in the room, and all its 

 chill will be lost, even in the coldest weather, 

 before it reaches your plants. There should 

 be a window on the opposite side of the room so 

 arranged that it can be lowered from the top, 

 or an outlet-pipe can be put through the wall 

 there. Open the window or pipe when the 

 inlet-pipe is in operation, and the foul, over- 

 heated air of the room will be driven out before 

 the inrush of fresh air. In this way you 

 can keep your plants supplied with all the 

 fresh air they need, and, in doing so, you will 

 be benefiting yourself. In ordinary weather 

 both pipes can be left open and the air in the 

 room will be constantly changing, therefore 

 always comparatively pure, and vastly more 

 healthful than the air in rooms not arranged 

 for such a supply. 



I am well aware that many of my readers 

 may not feel able to afford the expense which 

 some of the suggestions made above call for. 

 But they can do a good deal in the way of 



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