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A DIALOGUE ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE>UUICULA. 7!) 



constructed : — let the lights be made three feet wide and five long, 

 we will suppose a frame of three lights. 



L. What sized pots do you recommend ? 



Inf. Those I prefer in every respect are six inches wide and seven 

 deep. The frame I have just mentioned will hold of such pots 

 eighteen in a row ; there may be eight steps built with bricks, con- 

 sequently this frame will protect a hundred and forty-four pots, 

 which will be quite enough for a beginner ; you may come with me 

 into the garden and look at mine. 



L. You have several ; I see there is one with five lights. 



Inf. Yes, that is one made according to my own plan, there is 

 little or no trouble with that frame ; you will observe the lights and 

 the shutters are fixed to the wall with hinges. 



L. And you have shutters and steps at the back also. 



Inf. Yes, this one answers a double purpose, it is both a summer 

 and a winter frame, it is by far the best of the kind I have ever seen 

 or read of, and saves much trouble in cold or wet weather ; notice, I 

 can put down the glass and shutters in two minutes, which is a very 

 gjeat advantage in a stormy evening. This frame is rather expen- 

 sive, there are eight ventilators ; the wall you see is about nine feet 

 high by fifteen long ; besides the glass, there are shutters back and 

 front, and a double set of steps inside. But here is a frame of three 

 lights similar to the one I was before describing to you. 



L. I observe there are six small doors in this. 



Inf. Yes, for the convenience of giving air according to the 

 wind. 



L. And you have two sets of steps here too, what is the use of 

 them? 



Inf. In the winter and early part of the spring I like to place my 

 plants within about four inches of the glass. The brickwork, for my 

 convenience to save stooping to the plants, I have had built breast 

 high. Then observe between the brick and the wood steps there is 

 a space admitting a free circulation of air to pass under the bottom of 

 the pots. When the flower stems begin to rise, I remove the wood 

 steps and place the pots on the bricks, which are about a foot lower. 

 Remark how the small doors are placed, two in front, two at the back, 

 and one at each end ; by which means air can be given according to 

 the wind, without removing' the glass. If you have not any objec- 



