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each side, and the path along the centre. This will 
allow of the plants being placed within ten or 
twelve inches from the glass, so that they may 
receive the full benefit of the light and sun. The 
platform or raised beds should be constructed so 
that the pots can be plunged in leaves or tan, and 
so arranged that the plants can be plunged more 
deeply as they increase in height, always endeavour- 
ing to keep them about ten or twelve inches from 
the glass. Air should be admitted throughout the 
bottom and top of the house, but not so as to come 
in direct contact with the plants. If hot-water 
pipes are used, not less than a double row of four- 
inch pipe for a house twelve feet in width will be 
sufficient. The temperature by day should not 
rise higher than 60° or 75°, nor fall lower than 50° 
by night. The plants intended for forcing must be 
established at least one year in pots, varying from 
seven to twelve inches in diameter according to the 
size and strength of the plant, which may be either 
worked on the Manetti, Dog Rose, or upon their 
own roots. 
To prepare all the hardy kinds let the plants be 
taken up in the autumn. Carefully trim the roots, 
and put into eight or nine-inch pots, using good 
turfy loam, and a liberal admixture of rotten dung 
and leaf-mould. After potting, let them be watered 
and.placed upon a sheltered border, where they can 
he plunged in coal-ashes, leaves, or tan. In the 
spring cut them back rather close, and as they 
commence growing, disbud and tie the shoots out, 
so as to form well-shaped plants. Any flower 
