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As the linings fink, they are to beraifed with frefh 

 dung ; but they fliould feldom be ralfed higher that^ 

 a' ^it the level of the mould in the frames in which 

 the plants p^-ow, efpecially when there is a ftrong 

 heat In them ; for when there is a great heat in them, 

 h t'^ey are kept higher than the level of the mould, 

 the heat dries the air in the frames too much. Nor 

 fliould they be iuCered to fink much below the level 

 of me mould in the frames ; for that, on the con- 

 trary, would caufe too much moifture in thetrames, 

 eip.xially in the winter and fpring months. 



^Vhen ihe heat begins to be too little, notwith- 

 {landing the linings being kept to their proper height^ 

 tiie freili uptxhaufled dung on the top or upper part 

 cMheru is ro be laid afide, and the exhaufted 'dung 

 underneath to be taken away, and that which was 

 laid afide put in the foundation, and frefli dung laid 

 above it in lieu of that which was carried away. 



B<jth the f de linings may be raifed at one time, but 

 both of them fhould never be renewed together ; 

 for if both were to be renewed at the fame time, it 

 would for a time cool the frames too much, and 

 when the heat of both came to its full flrength, it 

 would probably be too powerful. 



I feldom or never renew the end linings, be- 

 caufe I find the heat of the fide ones fully fufficient ; 

 for as there are flues or vacuities in every part of the 

 bed, the (team, being fluid, circulates in, and warms 

 every part thereof And for the very fame reafon 

 there is no occafion for having a ftrong heat in both 

 the fide linings at one and the fame time, 



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