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would afford light and protection to the plants, at a most 
trifling cost. 
All who can afford a border for the growth of flowers may 
provide themselves with such convenience, and surely nothing 
in floriculture affords greater pleasure than the possession of 
numerous plants in this class; such as the beautiful species 
aud varieties of Verbena, Pentstemon, Fuschia, Petunia, Salvia, 
Phlox, Calceolaria, Primula, and a host of other beauties; 
many of which cannot be kept with any degree of certainty 
but with the assistance of this or some other mode of protect- 
tion. 
Ill addition to this plan, it should not be forgotten that every 
dwelling house offers itself as a place of safety for these plants 
of delicate constitution. No young lady has a bedroom, or 
family a living room, but may be made, without inconvenience, 
a winter refuge for a good collection. If one plant of a sort only, 
be kept through the winter, it can be readily increased in 
spring, and abundance thereby possessed. 
It would be unnecessary that we should here enter on the 
detail of the management of any of these species as window 
plants; this we intend doing as opportunity offers, and as va- 
rious suitable subjects are introduced into the pages of the 
Botanic Garden; it should, however, be mentioned that to 
winter half-hardy plants in the house, they should not be kept 
too warm, but merely from frost, and their soil which must be 
light and sandy, should be kept as dry as the plants will bear, 
witliout withering. 
In our recommendation of frames, made of varnished calico 
instead of glass, we should not omit to mention their utility 
during summer as well as winter. Early in spring the gardener 
may avail himself of their assistance in the propagation of 
annuals; for these are always the most successfully raised in 
pots, and with such protection may be obtained two or three 
weeks earlier than if sown in the open ground. Again, if the 
advantage of a hotbed be at command for raising annuals, it is 
quite I’equisite that for a week or fortnight after their removal 
from the hotbed they should have a slight protection during 
the night ; and also shade from the direct rays of the sun 
during day. Here the convenience of these economical frames 
will be experienced, even in establishments where expense 
