Jan.] GREEN-HOUSE ANB CONSERVATOR I. lOOl 



MONTHLY OPERATIONS 



OF THE 



GREEN-HOUSE AND CONSERVATORY. 



JANUARY. 



As the general ti'eatment of the plants, in both the depart- 

 ments of the green-house and conservatory, during the greatest 

 part of the year is so nearly alike, we will, for brevity's sake, 

 consider them under the same head ; but will, from time to 

 time, as circumstances may require the notice of any particular 

 trait in the culture of either, distinguish it separately in the 

 course of the following monthly directions : — 



TEMPERATURE. 



As the majority of the plants cultivated in the green-house 

 or conservatory are natives of temperate climates, and indeed 

 many of them are found to withstand a few degi*ees of frost 

 without any apparently bad effect, the less fire-heat that is 

 applied to them the better. Indeed, a far greater number of 

 plants are annually killed or much injured by too free an ap- 

 pHcation of that element, than by the total deprivation of it. 

 The mere exclusion of frost is perfectly sufficient for the ma- 

 jority of them; and when this can be effected without the 

 application of fire-heat, the plants will always enjoy the best 

 health. There are, however, some plants which cannot be 

 well dispensed with in ordinary collections, which are less ca- 

 pable of withstanding the cold, and these should, if circum- 

 stances will admit of it, be placed together at one end of the 

 green-house, where they may be more conveniently protected, 



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