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GUIDE TO THE CONSERVATORY. 



excluded by keeping the house closed. Occasion- 

 ally syringe the plants. 



GREENHOUSE. 



Heat. — Keep this house as cool as possible; 

 but when the weather is damp for several days to- 

 gether, then put on a fire in the morning occasion- 

 ally, nor will it be necessary to have fire in the 

 evening, except there is a likelihood of frost, and 

 then put on only sufficient to prevent the plants 

 from receiving injury, for, when plants are drawn 

 up, by too much heat at this season, they present 

 a sickly appearance in the spring, which above all 

 things is to be avoided. 



Air. — Give as much as possible every day, only 

 excluding cold cutting winds. 



Water. — Use this element with caution, for if it 

 be given too freely it excites the plants in too great 

 a degree, which is detrimental to their growing and 

 flowering in strength at the spring season. Oc- 

 casionally syringe them on very fine mornings ; it 

 is of benefit to the plants, by keeping them free 

 from dust, and it greatly refreshes them. 



FLOWER-HOUSE. 



Keep the bark beds in a lively heat by fork- 

 ing them up once a month. Introduce plants for 

 successional bloom. See the respective kinds 

 noticed for this purpose. 



