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lings themselves, but likewise to the adjacent 

 plants by tending to encrease the general damp 

 of the house. 



When first housed, if the weather prove 

 clear, they must be shaded for two, or three 

 hours at mid-day ; but this practice must not be 

 followed too closely, as the influence of the sun 

 is but seldom too powerful for them at this sea- 

 son, and during the winter months, the more 

 sun they receive the better : it is also necessary 

 to be particular, in observing that no slugs, 

 snails, or any other insect, harbour about them ; 

 as before mentioned ; otherwise, they may per- 

 haps destroy all the hopes of the season, in one 

 night ; which is to them, as well as to most 

 other insects, and animals of prey, a convenient 

 time for their depredations. 



By a careful attention to the above rules, 

 adapting them as place, time, or circumstance 

 will permit, one may expect in the ensuing 

 spring, to see their remaining seeds of last sea- 

 son's sowing, begin to vegetate very fast ; that 

 is^ such of them as still have the germ of life 

 sound, which can at any time be easily ascer- 

 tained. They will, when grown to a proper 

 size, require to be parted, and potted separately 



