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theinfide next the front, oralfo along both ends 

 and back wall, ilnglv,or in two letiuns one over 

 the other, proceeding from a furnace or fire- 

 place on the outfide, behind or at one end, 

 lor the convenience of having moderate fire- 

 heat in fevcre frolts, and to expel damps in 

 very wet or foggy weather, as before inti- 

 mated. The roof either wholly, or as far as 

 net in glafs falhes, may be either flated, or 

 covered wich tiles well pointed with mortnr, 

 and the infide under theilating or tiles lathed 

 and plaiftered ; the walls alfo neatly plaiikred 

 and white-wafhed ; and the wood-work, out- 

 iide and within, painted white in oil-colour; 

 and the lioor paved wiih brick, or broad 

 paving tiles. 



For the better fecurity of the plants in fe- 

 vere Winters, light moveable fliu:ters, to put 

 up againll the outfide of the glaifes, would 

 prove very beneficial in cold froity nights, or 

 occafionally in the day, when the froil is ex- 

 tremely rigorous ; or in want of thefe, large 

 thick garden mats mull be ufed. 



Sometimes, in want of green-houfe room, 

 large garden frames and lights, or a brick- 

 work pit with floping glalTes at top, are occa- 

 fionally ufed, in which to winter feme of the 

 hardier kinds of grecn-houfe exotics, as myr- 

 tles, ciilufes, magnolias, and iome other kinds, 

 v.'hich will generally Hand the Winter in tole- 

 rable g-:)od condition. 



The collection of Green-houfe plants in the 

 EngUfh gardens is vtry confiderable, m diffe- 

 rent genera, fpecies, and varieties ; confifting 



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