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importance to have it M’ell sheltered from east, 
west, and north winds, by walls, or thick growing 
hedges, behind which there should be plantations 
of trees at proper distances, which will be highly 
serviceable in breaking those hiuTicanes that 
would otherwise do much injury, by checking the 
beds, retarding the growth of the plant, and pro- 
moting the disease, especially if the plants have 
been tenderly nursed. 
The manure used for Forcing or Hot-beds 
should never be suffered to get too wet, either 
before or after the bed is made, which causes it 
sooner to decay, and form a solid receptacle for 
retaining moisture about the roots. The stable 
manure most suitable for retaining a proper heat 
the longest and most beneficial for the growth of 
this plant, will be that which is neither wet nor 
dry, and which is rather inclined to mould than 
otherwise. It should have been several weeks 
taken from the stables, and in the course of that 
time have been turned over twice or thrice, and 
mixed well together. The heaps thus turned 
should be finished in a pyramidical form, so as 
to become fi’ee from the wet. 
The earth most proper to be used is of a light 
texture. Sods from two to six inches thick, taken 
from old pasture land, will generally be found 
suitable, after lying a year or more in a heap, 
with a moderate portion of rotted manure. De- 
cayed tree leaves, with the addition of a small 
portion of kind soil, is much and very properly 
