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the Gardener j for if he be not as 

 tond of preferving his Plants, and 

 as much in love with em as his 

 Mafter, this Labour will be thought 

 too great by him ■■, and if he does 

 take rhe Pains to cover the GlaiTes 

 up with Mats, (yc, he will not 

 care to take them away again until 

 the Weather alters, fo that the Plants 

 will be fhut up cloie during the 

 whole Continuance of the Frofl:. 



There are fome People who com- 

 monly make ule of Pots fiU'd with 

 Charcoal to fet in their Green-houle 

 in very fevere Frofts ; but this is 

 very dangerous to the Perlbns who 

 attend thcfe Fires, and 1 have often 

 known llich as have been almoft 

 futfocated therewith, and at the 

 lame Time they are very injurious 

 to the Plants i nor is the Trouble 

 of tending upon thefc, fmall, and 

 the many Hazards to which the Ufe 

 of thefe Fires are liable, have juftly 

 brought them into Difufe with all 

 skilful Perlbns : And as the Con- 

 trivance of Flues, and the Charge of 

 the Fires are but fmall, fo they arc 

 much to be preferred to any other 

 Method for warming the Air of- 

 the Houfe : But where there is no 

 Flues contrived in theGreen-houfe, 

 the beft way to keep out the Froll:, 

 is, to burn four or fix Candles every 

 Night in the Green-houfe, which, 

 if rightly placed near the Front, v/ill 

 effedtually anfwer the Purpofe, pro^ 

 vided the Houfe be clofe. 



The Back-part of the Houfe fhould 

 beplaifter'd with Mortar, and white- 

 wa{h'd ; or if lined with Wainfcot, 

 fiiould be painted white, as fhould 

 the Ceiling, and every Part within- 

 lide of the Houfe, for this reflecfs 

 the Rays of Light in a much greater 

 Quantity than any other Colour, 

 and is of fignal Service to Plants, 

 elpecially in the Winter, when the 

 Houfe is pretty much clos'd, fo that 



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but a linall Share of Light is admlrtcJ 

 through the Windows ; and at fuch 

 Time I have obferv'd that in fome 

 Green- houles which have been 

 painted Black, or of a dark Colour, 

 the Plants have call moil: of their 

 Leaves, 



In this Green-houfe you fliould 

 have Trullcls, which may be mov'd 

 out and in to the Houfe, upoit^ 

 which you fhould place Rows' of 

 Planks, fo as to fix the Pots or 

 Tubs of Plants in regular Rov/s one 

 above another, whereby the Heads 

 of the Plants may be fo lituated as 

 not to interfere with each other . 

 The loweft Row of Plants, which 

 fliould be the forwarded towards 

 the Wnidows, fhould bepUc'd about 

 four Feet therefrom, {o that there 

 may be a convenient Breadth leir 

 next the Glaffes to walk in Front:; 

 and the Rows of Plants fiiould rifs 

 gradually from the firll, in iiich a 

 manner, that the Heads of the fe- 

 cond Row fliould be intirely advanc'd 

 above the firfr, the Stems only being, 

 hid thereby: And at the Back-fids 

 of the Houie there Ihould alfo be 

 allow'd a Space of at leaft five Feet, 

 for the Conveniency ot waterin''' 

 the Plants, as alfo to admit of a 

 Current of Air round them, thjc 

 the Damps occafion'd by the Per- 

 ipiration of the Plants, may be the 

 better diffipated, which by being 

 pent in too clofely, often occafions 

 a Mouldinefs upon the tender Shoots 

 and Leaves 5 and when the Houfe 

 is clofe Ihut up, this ftagnating, 

 rancid Vapour is often very'deftru- 

 dlive to the Plants : For v/hich 

 Reaibn alfo you fhould never croud 

 them too clofe to each other j nor 

 Ihould you ever place Sedums, Eu- 

 fhorbiumy Torch-Thijiles, and other 

 tender fucculent Plants, amongfl: 

 Orangesy Myrtles, and other Ever- 

 green Trees j- for, by an Experiment 

 which 



