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any cracks to admit the smoke into the green- 

 house. The wall should likewise be fresh 

 whitened, at least every second year ; and any 

 repairs that may be necessary to the stages, or 

 glass-work, previously rectified. 



Things being thus prepared, and the time 

 fixed on to remove the plants, the large heavy 

 ones, such as orange trees, &c. should be carried 

 to the places where they are to stand at once, 

 as it will be very inconvenient to remove them 

 after the house becomes crowded with other 

 plants. The smaller kinds must be regularly 

 placed in front of them, with a gradual descent 

 from the back, down to the lowest in front, 

 placing any curious, or handsome plants in 

 flower, in the most prominent and conspicuous 

 situations. They must not be set too close 

 when first put in, as it would occasion most of 

 their tender leaves to turn yellow, and fall 

 off ; neither should they, if the house happens 

 to have been built on a close construction, 

 be by any means taken in when their leaves 

 are wet. 



In large collections, could the different 

 genera be kept together, it would I think have 

 a much better effect ; in particular the mom 



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