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protected from severe frost, many of the flower-stems 

 will be found dead, or with only two or three pips at 

 the blooming time. In winter, during milder days, 

 the plants should have sufficient air. 



Mr. Emmerton used to move his plants into their 

 winter abode somewhat earlier than Dr. Horner, and 

 used small common cucumber frames instead of a 

 particular structure. These will do, but require much 

 more care. He recommends the frames to be about 

 three-and-a-half or four feet long, and each light 

 about three feet wide, as being most easily managed, 

 and that the plants be put into them about the 

 middle of October. The frames to face the south. 



Some growers keep their pots during the winter 

 months plunged in sawdust or ashes, but the greater 

 number keep them surrounded by air. The former 

 mode is safest in very severe winters, as it greatly 

 protects the roots from frost. {Maddock's Florisfs 

 Bir. 116.) 



During the autumn and winter months, even down 

 to the 5th of April or thereabouts, expose them, dur- 

 ing the day, to as much air as possible, by having the 

 lights entirely off (except in rainy weather), and then 

 have the frames raised on bricks ; for, during the 

 months of November and December, it is necessary 

 they should be kept very dry, and more so in Decem- 

 ber, as in case of a severe frost the weather has then 

 less power on the roots of the plants. During rain 



