606 THE GREEN-HOUSE. [^OCT. 



Of Training the Climbing Plants. 

 It will be proper to give these their last dressing 

 for the season, about the middle or latter end of the 

 month ; when they should generally be gone over, 

 and be pruned of unnecessary shoots, be shortened 

 back, or be thinned, according to necessity, and the 

 manner in which they are respectively managed. 

 They should then be neatly trained in; clearing the 

 rafters, trellises, or columns, of all tendrils, old ties, 

 &c. ; and previously washing them and the stems of 

 the plants with soap and water, if the scaly insects 

 have been prevalent upon them, or if they have been 

 much annoyed by the red-spider in summer. 



THE GREEN-HOUSE. 



Of the Temperature, 



JL HE air of the house should now be kept to about 

 45°, in the night, by help of the furnace and flues. 

 This point is to be reckoned the fire-heat medium 

 for the season ; allowing a degree or two of vari- 



