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in our neighborhood, have now been 

 in operation two years. We have 

 watched their workings with a con- 

 siderable degree of interest, and we 

 have concluded that this style of 

 structure, for the purpose named, is 

 more economical, and for those who 

 can command the means requisite 

 for building, it will eventually su- 

 persede the old hot-bed system. With 

 one of these houses, a private family 



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could have the table well supplied, ; 

 at a comparatively trifling cost, with - 

 fresh vegetables through the whole = 

 Winter ; besides such a building 

 could, at any time, be turned into a 

 green-house or conservatory. 



With the commercial gardener, 

 this is a new branch of the business, 

 and many mistakes will probably be 

 made at the outset, both in construc- 

 tion and in management, while the 

 crops are growing, by allowing the 

 temperature 'o be regulated by inex- 

 perienced persons. When forcing Lettuce or Eadishes, 

 the temperature, during the cold weather, should be# 

 through the night about forty-five degrees, and dur- 



