THE 



FLORICULTURAL CABINET, 



JULY 1st, 1839. 



PART I. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS, 



ARTICLE I. 

 ON THE MANAGEMENT OF HOT HOUSEPLANTS 



BY A PRACTICAL OARDENER. 



The house intended for the growth of stove or tropical plants, 

 should be constructed so as to give a proper command of artificial 

 heat in the winter season, when a high temperature is requisite 

 for the preservation of the plants. These, being natives of warm 

 climates, require a strong degree of heat, to induce them to grow 

 and flourish in the confined apartments that are allotted for their 

 cultivation. 



The thermometer ought to be regulated, mornings and even- 

 ings, in this department, from 60 to 70 degrees : otherwise, the 

 the cold cutting winds that generally pass between the laps of the 

 panes of glass, will prove very injurious to the tender shoots and 

 foliage of many of these exotics. When the atmosphere of the 

 stove increases to 70 degrees by the influence of sun heat, a little 

 air should be admitted in the middle of the day, but taken away 

 again early in the afternoon, so as the house may be shut up warm 

 from the effects of the sun, which is more advisable than having 

 recourse to strong fires for the purpose ; and as the use of the 

 bark bed is now becoming very generally exploded, for the culti- 

 vation of tropical plants, a higher degree of temperature is neces- 

 sary for the health and preservation of these • but, as many of the 

 tender exotics-will succeed better by having a slight degree of 

 bottom boat at their roots, this may be successfully supplied to 

 them, by filling the bed, or pit, with fresh tree leaves, or tan, 

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