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house, in order that they may have the full benefit 

 of the sun, and light; allotting thus separate spaces 

 for the growth of the different and most ornamental 

 families of plants, the compartments can be filled 

 with such soils as are most appropriate and congenial 

 to the growth of the species they are intended to 

 be planted with, and be made the means of prevent- 

 ing the robust growing kinds from over-shading or 

 injuring the more valuable and delicate species, as 

 is frequently the case, when they are intermixed 

 promiscuously in the house. 



The propagation of Greenhouse and Conservatory 

 plants, will require to be performed at various periods 

 throughout the year, as the cuttings should be put 

 in according as they appear in a fit state ; that is, 

 when the young shoots begin to assume a brownish 

 colour, and are getting of a rather firm texture, as 

 many of the sorts are liable to damp, or rot off, 

 when the wood is soft and young ; but, previously 

 to the preparing of the cuttings, there should be a 

 pot, or deep pan,, got in readiness, well drained, 

 and filled with the soil, or sand, as the nature of 

 the plant may require. The hard woody kinds 

 will strike root best in sharp sand, while the soft, or 

 herbaceous-like sorts, will root freely in a mixture of 

 sand and loam. There should, also, be got in readi- 

 ness, the frame, for the sowing of the tropical seeds, 

 &c, into which such sorts as require a little bottom 

 heat may be plunged, as soon as they are put into 

 the cutting pots. Those species which are put in 

 early in Spring, will succeed better, by the assist- 

 ance of a gentle heat applied around the pots ; but 

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