564 THE HOT-HOUSE. [NOV. 



ed in the course of the last and preceding month, as then directed ; 

 but should it happen by any disappointment, that this could not have 

 been effected, it ought on ho account to be omitted in the first week 

 of this month. 



As the cold weather advances, the fires in the stove should be in- 

 creased proportionably, being careful not to overheat the air, lest 

 thereby the plants shoot too freely, which would be a serious injury to 

 them at this season, by rendering them more tender, and consequently 

 less able to endure the vicissitudes of the ensuing winter; besides, 

 the most forward of the pine-plants might start to fruit, which 

 would ruin all your expectations : nor should the air be kept too 

 cold, that is, the spirits in the thermometer of Fahrenheit, suffered 

 to get lower night or day than 52 or 54 degrees, lest the pines be- 

 come stunted, and many of the curious exotics lose their leaves, 

 and perhaps their extreme parts decay, for want of that degree of 

 heat so necessary and so congenial to their constitutions. 



Give water occasionally to such plants as want it, in moderate 

 proportions, and not too much at a time, for they cannot now dis- 

 charge it so freely as in summer ; observing that it stands at least 

 twenty-four hours in the stove before" you use it, to acquire the 

 same degree of heat as the air of the house. 



Fresh air must be admitted into the house every mild and warm 

 day, while the weather continues open, but especially when the ther- 

 mometer is above sixty-two or three degrees ; you must be atten- 

 tive however, to close the house immediately on any sudden unfa- 

 vourable change of weather, and always sufficiently early in the af- 

 ternoon to retain a considerable warmth in the house during the 

 night, which will sometimes in the early part of the month, super- 

 cede the necessity of fire, or at least of but very little. 



The art of managing tender exotic plants, consists principally in 

 keeping the air of the Stove or Hot-house, in a proper and regular 

 temperature of heat, in duly proportioning the quantity of water to 

 , the different natures and necessities of the various kinds of plants, 

 in judiciously admitting a sufficiency of air at suitable opportunities, 

 and in keeping the bark-pits in a proper state of fermentation ; all 

 which must be duly attended to, or the desired success cannot be 

 expected. 



Pick off constantly all the decayed leaves from the plants, and 

 throw them out of the house; clean their leaves and stems from 

 filth, which many kinds are subject to contract ; wash off and de- 

 stroy all insects which infest any of them, frequently stir the surface 

 earth in the pots, to keep it from contracting moss, Sec. and keep 

 all the house clean, sweet, and in neat order. 



Care of Young Succession Pines^ and other Plants. 



The young pines or other plants Hn succession houses must have 

 the same care as above ; and those in bark -beds under garden- 

 frames are to be diligently attended to ; the outside lining must be 

 kept to the full height of the frame all around, and in a regular and 

 constant state of warmth ; the glasses must be carefully and suffi- 

 ciently covered every night, and by day in a very severe frost, but 



