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which changeable seasons have on plants imported from warmer 

 climes; and since glass has become so cheap, we are left without 

 excuse, if we do not avail ourselves of this gi'eat boon. Every 

 reasonable want, of either flowers or fruit, may now be supplied 

 by the erection of hothouses, greenhouses, or (as Mr. Rivers 

 has called them) ' orchard houses ;' and all anxiety about anti- 

 cipated ills may be removed at a small expense. One of the 

 latter I have recently built, and introduced Warner's Conserva- 

 tory Boiler and four-inch pipes into it, that it may serve the 

 purpose of propagating plants, and forcing strawberries, French 

 beans, &c., at an early period of the year. By this means, an 

 excellent and certain supply of apricots, pears, cherries, &c., is 

 produced one month earlier than the usual period. Such suc- 

 cess have I experienced, that I feel justified in considering God's 

 past goodness to me as a pledge of His help for the future. It 

 is with pleasure that I shall comply with your wishes and those 

 of my horticultural friends, who are interested in this short 

 publication; and begging you to pardon the numerous errors 

 which you will doubtless discover, believe me, in those bonds of 

 Christian love which can never be severed. 



My dear Sir, 



Yours ever faithfully, 



Oswald Mosley. 



Chancellor House, 



Tunhridge Wells, Kent. 



