OCT.] AND CONSERVATORY. 6O5 



often do towards the latter end of the month, it will 

 be proper to light fires in the evening, and to con- 

 tinue them. Work so as to keep the mercury, at 

 the ordinary times of regulation, evenings and morn- 

 ings, at about 45 ; a degree or two over or under 

 being a deviation not material. 



Of the Admission of Air. 



Continue to admit air every day, as freely as the 

 state of the weather will allow, from about nine in 

 the morning, till three in the afternoon ; admitting 

 it so freely, in sunshine, as to keep down the mer- 

 cury to within four or five degrees of the fire-heat 

 medium. 



Of Watering, &c. 



Little water will now be required by the plants in 

 this compartment, #s their growths will generally 

 be stopped for the season. The borders, however, 

 may have a moderate quantity of water once a- week ; 

 so as just to keep them in a state neither too moist 

 nor too dry, that the roots of the plants in general 

 may neither be parched, nor be saturated. Particu- 

 lar plants may have water oftener, and more plenti- 

 fully, according to their natures, as frequently noti- 

 ced in the former months, on this subject. 



It will now be proper to leave off using the sy- 

 ringe or engine for the season ; as the natural hu- 

 midity of the air will be equal to the refreshment 

 of the foliage, and it is presumed the plants have been 

 properly cleaned for the winter, by washing, &c. as 

 directed last month. 



