THE GREEN-HOUSE. 



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JunBy July, August, and September. 



During these months the green-house plants in 

 pots are generally out of doors ; and on the green- 

 house stage are generally scattered a few pots of 

 tender annuals, as balsams, cockscombs, globe ama- 

 ranths, &c. In some cases a few pots of useful 

 plants are very properly added ; as of capsicums, 

 egg plants, love-apples, basil, and cucumbers trained 

 to fan- shaped trellises fixed to the pots. All of these 

 articles are admissible ; the cucumbers, love-apples, 

 and capsicums are useful in every family for pickling, 

 stewing, and sauces, and they correspond well with 

 the clusters of grapes which ought to be hanging 

 from the rafters. 



All these plants must be raised on heat ; and the 

 true way to bring them to a large size is, to use very 

 rich soil, to plant at first in small pots, and every ten 

 or twelve days to transplant them into pots a size 

 larger, till at last the cucumbers are in pots a foot in 

 dianieter ; the balsams into pots eight inches in dia- 

 meter; and the others into pots from eight to six 

 inches across, according to their natural size, &c. 



October, November, and December, 



In the beginning of October the green-house 

 plants are generally replaced ; but a few of the most 

 hardy sorts, not above a foot or eighteen inches in 



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