562 THE GREEN-HOUSE. [NOV. 



sirable kinds, which plant immediately where wanted, or into nur- 

 sery-rows to obtain age and strength. 



Turn your compost heaps of every kind, and spread them so thin 

 that the frosts may penetrate to the very bottoms of them ; let the 

 lumps be well broken, and ull parts properly mixed. 



Provide materials and make new composts, agreeably to the direc- 

 tions given in the preceding part of this work, in order to have them 

 ready for use in the ensuing year; for the longer they are in a state 

 of preparation, and the more effectually incorporated, the better will 

 all sorts thrive which may be planted therein. 



THE GREEN-HOUSE. 



IN the beginning of this month, all the hardy exotic plants which 

 have been permitted to remain abroad till this time, but which re- 

 quire protection in winter, should be removed into the Green- 

 House, or into the other places destined for their preservation. In 

 the middle states, the Viburnum Tinus, Hydrangea hortensis, Pru- 

 nus Lauro-Cerassus, Magnolia grandifiora, China and Otahfite 

 roses, Lagerstrcemia indica, Daphne odora, Aucuba japonica, double 

 flowering pomegranate, double stocks and wallflowers, Cycla- 

 men, Belladonna and Guernsey lilies, with several other shrubby 

 and herbaceous kinds, will seldom suffer by being left out before the 

 middle of this month, but leaving them much longer unprotected 

 would be imprudent, unless your stock is so numerous that you 

 wish to try experiments on their hardiness. 



In mild weather your Green-House plants should have plenty of 

 free air admitted to them every day, by opening the glasses, Sec. 

 always observing to close the house in due time in the afternoon, 

 and in wet or frosty weather: even in very severe weather, 

 you may happen to find an hour or two in the middle of the day in 

 which to slide down the upper lights, to admit fresh air, and suffer 

 the foul to pass out ; this may be often done when it would be quite 

 imprudent to raise the lower sashes. But if a very rigorous frost 

 should set in towards the latter end of the month, it may be neces- 

 sary to make a fire in the evening, to prevent its penetrating into 

 the house ; however, this should not be resorted to while you can keep 

 out the frost by means of good shetters or by fastening mats in front 

 of the windows at night ; for too much heat at any time, but parti- 

 cularly in the early part of the season, is of serious injury to the 

 Green-House plants, which require nothing more than merely to be 

 kept from frost. 



Occasional, but gentle waterings, must now be given to all the 

 plants ; some will require to be watered three times a week, while 

 others, particularly the succulent kinds, will not need it more than 

 a little once a week; but as the state of the .weather, sometimes 

 makes a very material difference in this, there is no saying how 



