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loam. If a warm corner of the pit can be solely 

 appropriated to them, without deranging the 

 contour appearance of the house, so much the 

 better ; if not, they may be plunged along the 

 front of the pit, in the interstices which are left 

 between the plants. Here they will require 

 the same care as when in the frame, except 

 that as the influence of the sun decreases, so 

 must the shading in proportion ; using it only 

 for two or three hours in the middle of the day, 

 if at all requisite : and indeed it is necessary here 

 to observe, that in the winter, and early spring 

 months, they must not be shaded on any ac- 

 count, nor watered except when absolute ne- 

 cessity requires it : neither should the cuttings 

 that may be occasionally made at these seasons, 

 receive any water when first put in, as directed 

 for those made in summer, as the mould will 

 be found in general sufficiently moist, in itself; 

 and as there is not that quick principle of vege- 

 tation at this season, the water might prove 

 materially injurious, by promoting damp and 

 rottenness. It is even necessary in some in- 

 stances, should the cutting be of a succulent 

 plant, or in any degree approaching that na- 

 ture, to provide loam rather dry, than moist; in 



