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be found convenient to admit it, in any con- 

 siderable quantity ; in fact none should be 

 given, except on particular fine days ; when 

 the front, or end lights, may be opened a few 

 inches. However, they should be shut early 

 in the day, seldom permitting them to remain 

 open longer than one o'clock ; thereby giving 

 the sun time to warm the fresh admitted air, 

 before the chill of the night commences. Even 

 this little indulgence cannot be allowed, from 

 about the end of this month, (October,) until 

 the beginning of April : as the strong cold 

 winds which generally blow during the winter 

 months, find of themselves but too many en- 

 trances. 



As to watering in the winter, I would en- 

 tirely discontinue it to those plants plunged in 

 the pit ; as the moisture of the tan, added to 

 that which proceeds from the syringe, will, I 

 think, be found quite sufficient for them ; on 

 the contrary, those over the flues, or on the 

 shelves, or kirbs, near the fires, will require an 

 additional portion on account of the strong fires 

 necessary to be kept, when the weather hap- 

 pens to be severe. The use of the syringe, and 

 steam must also be stopped in the severest frosts ; 



