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be placed apart from the rest, and not watered 

 again until it evidently requires it : this is a 

 circumstance which I shall have occasion to 

 mention hereafter ; all that is necessary now, 

 for a few weeks, is to pick off dead or withered 

 leaves, and weeds of every description ; and 

 a regular attention to the directions already 

 given. 



SECTION II. 



The attempt would be impertinent, to fix the 

 precise time in which the plants should be 

 again housed, the variations in the temperature 

 of the seasons, in different years, render it im- 

 possible. However, as the young tender shoots 

 of the summer's growth, are extremely liable to 

 be injured by the frost ; as soon as any symp- 

 toms of this appear, they should be removed to 

 their winter quarters; where, if the green-house 

 is built on a proper principle, they can still 

 have the benefit of the free air, and at the same 

 time be in a situation to be protected, when 

 necessity requires. 



Impressed with this idea, I think they 

 should at all events, be removed in the earlier 



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