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night. There is always a difference of ten to twelve degrees between the middle 

 and the ends of the greenhouse. At d is the rose bench, where roses are grown 

 for cut flowers, a Marechal Niel being in the end nearest the fire. The bench 

 is two feet height ; e is the place for begonias and young palms ; / smilax, the 

 bench low down ; g, coleus, begonias, etc. ; h^ a large palm ; /, a tall plant. 

 All the benches, k, I and m, are used for plants for sale. The walks are two feet 

 wide ; the door is in the west end, and a storm door is built outside. I did all 

 the work myself, and the greenhouse cost me $50. With a few cold frames in 

 addition it will, if well managed, turn out $200 to $300 worth of plants and cut 

 flowers per year. 



Still, if the purse will admit, I advise to build it on the level ground and 

 not dig. Use two thicknesses of board and put tarred paper between them, 

 as the building will last much longer, will not be so damp in continued wet 

 weather, and will then allow cold frames to be placed outside the east wall. My 

 house has a good drain, which is indispensable for a house built below the level 

 of the ground. — F. H. Felter, Ohio, in American Agriculturist. 



Heeling in Trees for Spring* Planting^.— If the trees are properly 

 heeled in a sheltered place to prevent evaporation, a sufficient number of roots 

 will form to keep the branches plump during the winter ; the scars, where 

 bruised roots have been cut away, will have become calloused over, and they 

 will suffer no shock when removed to their abiding place in spring, but will 

 continue to grow as if they never had been disturbed. If trees are to be brought 

 from a distance it is, therefore, better to procure them in the autumn than to 

 wait until spring, and everything will be at hand for prompt action at a time 

 when work of many kinds is pressing. If it is too late to secure the trees in 

 time to heel them in while the ground is still warm and open, they should be 

 procured at once and wintered in a cellar or pit. If they are heeled in they 

 should be placed in a rather shallow trench and in an inclined position, and far 

 enough apart to allow fine soil to penetrate every portion of the space occupied 

 by the roots without leaving any unfilled interstices. The ground, of course, 

 should be dry and well drained ; no stones, clods or sods should be used in the 

 filling, nothing but finely pulverized soil. A portion of the stems, as well as 

 the roots, shou'd be buried and the surface rounded, and it is better to dig a 

 trench around the whole area occupied by the tree-roots, because mice will not 

 be liable to push up under the snow against an inclined bank of earth. — Garden 

 and Forest. 



Prof. Budd says, as the united result of many trials, made under the 

 direction of the Russian Government, it has been decided that the best time to 

 cut trees was near the end of June while the bark would peel freely. 



