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mometer fhould not ftand, at eight at night, 

 and feven or eight in the morning, above 



5- 



The fourth feafon, provided the plants 



have fucceeded tolerably well, they may 

 be forced from the fir ft or middle of Fe- 

 bruary. If the houfe has been uncovered 

 for the winter, or if the glafles have been 

 kept on, let it be fhut up at night, encou- 

 raging a free circulation of air in the day, 

 from the middle of January: Make the 

 fires fo moderate for the firft fortnight, 

 that the thermometer may not ftand above 

 45 at the above-mentioned hours. In the 

 courfe of the fecond fortnight, increafe the 

 heat to 55 in a gradual manner 3 and in 

 the courfe often more days, to 6o vo , at which 

 continue for the feafon, with as little va- 

 riation as poffible. 



The following-, or fifth feafon, the houfe 

 may be forced from the middle of Janua- 

 ry y but earlier than this I cannot approve. 

 The rules above are to be followed the 

 more fcrupulouily that the plants are for- 

 ced early. 



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