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whole can be taken away in March ; if it is built neatly, it 

 may remain without in the least diminishing the beauty of 

 the pit. 



Having- given these details, which we hope, with the 

 engravings illustrating the same, will enable any one to erect 

 a pit, who is desirous of forcing fruit or vegetables, the man- 

 agement of the plants, as taken from our memoranda, will be 

 given. The pit should be built before cold weather, and 

 every thing got in readiness for forcing. The bars of wood 

 should be put in their places; on these the slate stones 

 or brush, and the dry leaves. The sashes, or boards, should 

 be put on, to keep the rain and snow out of the bed, and 

 prevent injury to the brick work, from frost: in some con- 

 venient place, away from frost, should also be carried a suffi- 

 cient quantity of loam and leaf mould, for the purpose of 

 sowing the seeds and earthing up the plants as they pro- 

 ceed in growth ; let it be laid in a heap, in a shed, and cov- 

 ered over with hay or straw ; this done, all is in preparation 

 to commence, at the convenience of the cultivator. 

 ( To be continued.) 



Art. II. The Influence of Flowers. By C. C. 



"Are not flowers the stars of earth, and are not stars the flowers of 

 Heaven? Flowers are the teachers of gentle thoughts, the promoters of 

 kindly emotions." 



Among the many indications of the advance of our coun- 

 try in taste and refinement, none afford a surer criterion than 

 the increased attention which is given to flowers and fruit. 

 When we notice the many establishments in our vicinity, 

 within a few years, devoted to the improvement of horticul- 

 ture, we cannot but rejoice at the diffusion of an employ- 

 ment so well adapted to afford much pure and innocent 

 pleasure; and we doubt not the time will soon arrive, when 

 the cultivation of flowers will be pursued as a means of moral 

 and intellectual advancement, as well as a source of exqui- 

 site gratification. 



Every thing which tends to increase domestic enjoyment, 

 which furnishes to a family that pleasure at home, which 

 otherwise they would be impelled to seek elsewhere, is valu- 

 able. There is nothing which adds more to happiness, than 

 for all the members of a family to be united in one common 



