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under observation^ and completely within control as re- 

 yards their exposure to the weather^ the water and lig-ht 

 allowed to them, and the soil in whieh they are to pass 

 their pwjbation. It is a very simple matter, but it must 

 be reduced to system^ or there is absolutely nothing in it. 

 But when reduced to system, there is jo}' in it. Many of 

 the potted drabas, ei'odiums, silenes, meums, anemones, 

 geutianas, primulas, and the like, will flower early in the 

 frames, and be of the greatest value for adorning the green- 

 house or the table ; and when disaster happens to then- 

 bretbi-en of the rockery, they will be ready to take their 

 pilaces, for they constitute the reserve forces that are to fill 

 the gap)S when the troops exposed to tire and frost are cut 

 down. 



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