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assist their vegetating. In a few weeks they will make 
their appearance ; and when they are one quarter of an inch 
high, plant them out into other pots and fresh soil. In a 
few months they will make wonderful progress in growth, 
and in the following year, will require to be potted singly, 
and treated as recommended for established plants. 
NOVEMBER. 
The essential points to be attended to in the hot-house 
during this month are, fire, air, and icater. The former 
must be applied according to the weather, observing not to 
allow the temperature to be under fifty degrees ; and it ought 
not to continue long at that degree, fifty-two degrees being 
preferable. The shutters should be on every night when 
there is any appearance of frost, and taken off early in the 
morning. Admit air in small portions every day that the 
sun has any effect and the atmosphere mild, observing that 
the temperature of the house be above sixty degrees pre- 
vious to admission. Shut all close early in the afternoon, 
or when any sudden changes occur. 
OF A CISTERN AND WATER. 
In watering, it is important to have the water of the 
same temperature in this department as the roots of the 
plants. To have this, there are two kinds of cisterns or 
tanks that might be adopted ; one may be sunk in the house 
under ground, either closely plastered, or lined with lead, 
and neatly covered up, having a small perpendicular pump 
therein, or placed so that the water could be lifted by hand. 
The other might where convenience will admit, be placed 
over the furnace, either in the back shed, or inside of the 
house, and the water could be drawn off this by a stop-cock. 
These can be supplied, in part, with rain water, by having 
spouts round the house to lead into the cisterns, supplying 
any deficiency from the pump. Thus water of a congenial 
