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The principal care afterwards, for a few 

 weeks, is to give them a reasonable share of 

 fresh air, and water, according to the tempera- 

 ture of the weather ; but note, it is more 

 proper to perform the watering, syringing, and 

 steaming, from this time, to the beginning or 

 middle of May, in the forenoon ; observing to 

 do it while the rays of the sun fall so obliquely, 

 as to ensure the plants from being injured by it : 

 should it be done in the evening, the air in the 

 house would unavoidably get chilled, especially 

 in frosty weather. It is even necessary that the 

 water, used for this purpose, should be nearly 

 of the same temperature as the air in the house, 

 therefore, should it happen that there is no 

 cistern within the house, for the purpose of 

 containing a regular supply of water, it will be 

 requisite, as soon as the severe weather sets in, 

 to place a few water pots filled along side the 

 flues over night ; which will be warm enough 

 by morn to mix with a quantity of cold, and 

 bring it to the proper degree of heat for use. 



About the middle of October, it will be 

 necessary to add a little fire heat at night ; be- 

 ginning with slow fires at first, and regularly 

 encreasing them as the severities of the wea- 



