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THE AMERICAN GARDENER. 



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T^. be the object of no woman'^s care or good wishes 

 is a sentence the most severe that can be pro- 

 nounced upon man. 



102. As to the erection of a green-house, carpen- 

 ters and glaziers are never wanted, and, where Lo- 

 cust wood, for the sills, is every where to be had, 

 and glass ^viih scarcely any tax, how elegant, how 

 cheap, and how durable, may such a thing as a 

 green-house be ! 



103. In America there must be heat ; but, how 

 easily will any of the ingenious men in this country 

 find the means of furnishing the necessary heat 

 with hardly any expense or trouble ! In most cases 

 the warmth might go from the parlour fire place ; 

 for, all that is wanted, is completely to keep out 

 frost. There is, here, no want of Sun even in the 

 coldest weather ; and, if the green-house were on 

 the Eastern side of the dwelling-house, the cold 

 would not be any great annoyance. But, at any 

 rate, the heat necessary to keep out frost might 

 easily be obtained. A Termometre should be kept 

 in the green-house. The heat should be about sixty 

 degrees in the day time, Siud forty-Jive in the night. 



104. In England they need very little fire in their 

 green-houses, except in very cold weather, which, 

 indeed, they seldom have. Their great want is that 

 of sun; for, nothing will do well without sun ; and 

 America has plenty of this even in the coldest wea- 

 ther. So that, if the frost were effectually kept out, 

 that alone would give beautiful plants in winter. 

 By an a^dditional heat, a growth and a bloom would 

 be constantly kept up ; and a green-house might be 

 made one of the most beautiful and most pleasant 

 things in the world. 



105. Of the different plants suitable for a green- 

 house, and of the particular treatment of each, I 



