DEC.J AND CONSERVATORY. 613 



OftJie Admission 

 In severe weather, admit air by the ventilators, 

 and in fresh weather by the sashes ; observing to 

 make fires in the morning, in dull weather, in or- 

 der to allow of admitting air more freely, for the 

 expelling of damp, &c., as above noticed. Conti- 

 nue frequently to stir the surface of the borders 

 with the rake, to pick off decayed leaves, and to 

 take every pains to extirpate damp or foul air. 



Of Watering, %c. 



From what is said above, it would seem as if very 

 little water should now be given. Indeed, the bor- 

 ders in general should not be watered more than 

 twice in the course of this month, and perhaps once 

 may suffice ; but this must be determined by the 

 state of the weather, and by the state in which the 

 borders may be by previous management. Indivi- 

 dual plants may have a little water given to them 

 oftener, if necessary ; but the borders, taken in a 

 general sense, should be kept in a state much more 

 dry than moist. The greater part of the plants are 

 now inactive, and therefore require but very 

 little water. As the spring returns, and as their 

 growths advance, the fostering hand of care will 

 prevent the wants of nature. 



