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The Hot-House, 



Pine Apples. 



THE pine-apple plants being now in the winter 

 beds, the chief care at this feafon is to keep mak- 

 ing the fires regularly every evening, and never too 

 ftrong; in mild open weather the fires need only be made 

 at nights; but in fevere frofts a moderate fire mufl be 

 kept night and day. 



And you muft alfo obferve to give the plants water as 

 often as they ftand in need thereof. 



Once in a week, or thereabouts, will be often enough 

 to give thefe plants water at this feafon. 



Let the water be given in moderate quantities, obferv- 

 ing to ufe the tin-pipe, which is mentioned in January, 

 to convey the water to the plants. 



Care of the young Pines* 



Such of the young pines as are placed for the winter in 

 dung or bark-beds made in the open ground, or at leafl 

 in pits or ?lafs cafes, where no fire can be made, muft 

 now be treated with great care ; that is, the glafies mufl 

 be well covered every night, and in bad weather, with 

 fome good thick mats. 



Likewife the outfide of the frame fhould be lined quite 

 round, a tolerable thicknefs, with dry hay, or fuch like 

 dry litter; this will preferve the heat, and prevent the 

 frofl: from entering the fides of the frame. 



The fides of the bed Ihould alfo be laid round with dry 

 litter. 



One thing more is to be obferved in thefe pine beds 

 which are made in the open air; and that is, if the beds 

 are made of dung and tan together, as it is fometimes the 

 cafe where tan is fcarce, and fometimes with dung only, 

 the heat will not be of any great duration, and therefore 

 mufl be often examined : when it is found that the bed 

 declines its heat, it mufl be renewed, by adding a lin- 

 ing of more new horfe dung to its fides; and this is to 

 be repeated, during the winter feafon, as often as it 

 Ihall be found necefi!ary; but thefe beds fhould, if pof- 

 fible, be entirely of tan ; and even then, fuch of them 

 as are fo conflruded that fires cannot be made, it will 



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