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be delayed. The fruits of it will appear in the mellow- 

 ed state of your soil in spring. 



If there is any spare time, straight sticks or stakes 

 may be prepared for summer. Tie them up in neat 

 bundles, which will be of great service during the 

 hurried period of the year. An opportunity of this kind 

 should always be laid hold of; the beneficial results will 

 in season be displayed. 



JANUARY. 



Plants that are kept in rooms generally are such as 

 require a medium temperature, say 40. Sitting rooms 

 or parlours, about this season, are, for the most part, 

 heated from 55 to 65, and very seldom has the air any ad- 

 mittance into these apartments, thus keeping the tempe- 

 rature from 1 5 to 25 higher than the nature of the plants 

 requires, and excluding that fresh air which is requisite 

 to support a forced vegetative principle. Therefore, 

 as far as practicable, let the plants be kept in a room 

 adjoining to one where there is fire heat, and the inter- 

 vening door can be opened when desirable. They will 

 admit sometimes of being as low as 33. 



If they be constantly kept where there is fire, let the 



