SEPT.] AND CONSERVATORY. 599 



THE CONSERVATORY. 



Of the Admission of Air, S^r. 

 This matter may be regulated, in every respect, as 

 directed above for the green-house; now also having 

 regard to tiie state of the thermometer, in the man- 

 ner there noticed. 



Of Waterings &^t. 



Water may still be further withheld from the 

 borders, than advised last month. It will be often 

 enough, to give them a moderate quantity once in 

 four or fi\'e days. Particular plants may require 

 more water than others, and oftener. Of course 

 they should have it; and the border immediately 

 about their roots, should be kept more moist than 

 the other parts in general. 



In dry weather, continue to syringe the foliage 

 once or twice a-week ; but in moist weather, it will 

 be proper to desist ; as downy-leaved or bushy plants 

 might be injured hy the water lodging too long 

 upon them, and their leaves might damp away in 

 consequence. 



Of destroying Insects. 



In the above case, of its being improper to sy- 

 ringe the leaves of certain plants, and yet if they 

 abound with the red spider, some other means must 

 be used to get rid of it. 



The next best means to continual watering, for 



