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Greenhouse and Frames as required. Many Greenhouse 

 plants that will bear heat should during autumn and 

 winter be placed in the stove to induce them to flower 

 early, so that the Conservatory may be as gay as possible 

 during the dull months, at which time this part of the garden 

 is the most enjoyable to the ladies of the family, who are 

 often prevented by wet or inclement weather from visiting 

 plant houses, which are situated at a distance from the 



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jlANY amateurs, who possess a great love for plants, 

 are deterred from indulging their tastes, because 

 they have no Greenhouse. They either have no 

 suitable place for one, or do not feel justified in incurring 

 the necessary expenditure for its erection. To persons who 

 are thus situated we would recommend the use of Pits or 

 Franies, structures that can be erected at but little expense, 

 and in which many very beautiful plants can be grown with 

 very great success. Indeed, Pits and Frames are quite 

 necessary, even to those who possess both stove and green- 

 house, as the tender greenhouse plants and many of the 

 hardier stove plants thrive best in cool pits in the summer 

 season. They are also jnost serviceable for the reception 

 of tuberous-rooted plants after the blooming season is past. 

 In these they can be carefully attended while finishing 

 their growths. The ■ dead and decaying leaves, which 

 must necessarily be seen upon such plants while they are 

 passing into the dormant state, will not give an untidy 



