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cially the pine-ftove, and affifled by fire- heat 

 in Winter; the bark-bed heat being requifite 

 at all feafons, made In a capacious pit within 

 nearly the length of the houfe, both to furni/h 

 a regular ftandard of heat to warm the internal 

 air always to a high degree, equal to that of 

 the native places of growth of the various 

 tender exotics contained therein ; and alfo in 

 which to plunge the pots containing the more 

 tender kinds, fuch as the pine apple plants in 

 particular, which will not fruit in perfedion 

 unlefs they are conilantly plunged in the 

 bark bed : though moil of the other forts 

 will fucceed by continuing them in any pare 

 of the ftove out of the bark bed ; but the 

 v/hole generally retained conilantly in this 

 prefervatory, as the delicate tender tempera- 

 ture of the greater part will fcarcely admit of 

 removing into the full air in the heat of Sum- 

 mer, in this climate, to continue any con- 

 fiderable time ; and although others lefs ten- 

 der, will endure to be placed in the full air in 

 the hot months of July and Auguft, yet if 

 much rain falls, or the nights prove chilly, 

 they fhould be removed in iigain, or placed 

 occafionally in a vacant glafs-cafe or green 

 houle, out of the weather, till the end of Au- 

 guil or beginning of September, then replaced 

 m the hot houfe. 



So that by the aid of a hot houfe, the con- 

 ilrud;ion and culture of which being now 

 brought to fuch a ftate of perfedllon, we are 

 able to imitate the temperature of heat of the 

 nottell climates, and have the exotic plants of 

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