Jan.] The G r e e n-H o u s ev 45 



Obferve to train both the cuttings and fuckers to fingle 

 clear ftems, fifteen or eighteen inches; then let them 

 branch out and form heads. 



The Green-House. 



GREEN-HOUSE plants will require frcfli air, at 

 all times when the weather will permit. 



In mild days, when the air is any thing moderate, and the 

 wind flill, let the windows be opened a little about ten or 

 eleven o'clock, and about twa or three in the afternoon let 

 them be fliut down again. But the time of opening and the 

 time they fhould be kept open, mufl always be determined 

 by the weather; for there are many changes of weather, 

 fometimes, in one day, at this feafon. 



In fro rty weather, the windows mull: be kept conilantly 

 fliut; and, if very fevere, let the window-fliutters, if any, 

 alfo be fliut, every night ; and even in the day time, when 

 the froft is extremely rigorous. If the froft flill threatens the 

 plants, let mats be nailed up againft all the windows, and 

 remove the tender plants in front, as far from danger as 

 polTible. 



Keep the plants pcrfe(5lly clear from decayed leaves, and 

 keep the floor and every part of the houfe clean and free 

 from litter of every fort. 



When the weather is foggy, or very wet, it will be pro- 

 per to keep the green-houfe clofe. 



Water mult be given to fuch plants as you fee require It, 

 but let that be given in very moderate quantities, and al- 

 ways, ifpoflible, take the opportunity of a mild day, and 

 if funny the better. 



But very little water mull be given at this feafon of the 

 year to any of the aloes, fedums, or any other of the fuc- 

 culent plants. 



Let it likewife be obferved, that fuch of the woody kinds, 

 as oranges, myrtles, &c. as you fliall fee neceflary to water, 

 fliould have but a very moderate quantity given them at any 

 one time, at this feafon. 



In fuch grcen-houfes where there are the convenience of 

 fiues for occational fire heat in very rigorous weather, 

 fliould, in time of continued fevere frofl, make moderate 

 fires in the furnace in an everting and morning only, juft 



fufficient. 



