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Anothei' simple mode of preserving the bloom 

 from rain, adopted bj the Lancashire growers, will 

 be best understood from the following sketches and 

 references : — 



« is a lath, about one foot long, perforated with 

 three holes, at intervals of 2 inches, b, a flat piece 

 of wood, the broad part about 2 inches square, and 

 with a tapering handle, about 3 inches long, by 

 which it can be fixed into the holes in a. A nick, 

 1 inch deep, is cut with a saw at c. In this nick is 

 inserted a plate of glass, (i inches long and 5 inches 

 wide. When thus put together, and the sharp end 

 of a thrust into the soil of the pot, at a proper dis- 

 tance from the flower, it forms a shelter as repre- 

 sented by d. 



Draw the lights off" during the greater part of the 

 day, and give the plants all the air possible, to pre- 



