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the house too hot. The temperature during 

 the month of January should be kept as low as 

 about 33 or 35 degrees; generally, the aid of 

 artificial heat is required, only to be sufficient to 

 keep out the frost at any time. 



The management of conservatories is widely 

 different to that of the greenhouse ; indeed, it 

 would be almost presumption to attempt to lay 

 down any fixed rule for heating them; their 

 situations and aspects, the time of furnishing, 

 and nature of the plants with which they are 

 furnished, being so diversified, that it must be 

 left to the judgment of those who have the care 

 of them. 



OF BARK-BED AND FIRE-HEAT. 



Par. 11. From October till May the pinery 

 will require the assistance of fire-heat, as well 

 as the constant heat from the bark bed. When 

 the weather becomes cold, frosty, or foggy, in 

 the autumn, fires should be made every evening 

 about sunset, and also of cold mornings ; the 

 evening fires should be continued a sufficient 

 time to heat the flues to such an eligible degree 



