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pose of. As it is neither agreeable nor wholesome to sleep with plants in 
the room, I cannot put them in the bed-rooms : and some that I placed 
in a spare attic, though I have been told that the upper rooms of the 
house are the warmest, were frozen. We keep horses, and, consequently, 
I can easily obtain manure; but this is of little use, as I have no hotbed 
frame, and the expense of purchasing one would be more than my plants 
are worth. 
Stanhope Street, Connaught Square, 
January 8 th 9 1841. 
The best mode of protecting plants, under the circumstances men¬ 
tioned, is, to have a frame made of wood (which can be put together by 
any common carpenter), Fig. 25. 
erected against the wall 
of the stable, or in any 
convenient place, wdiere 
it will be out of sight. 
When the frame is 
erected, a wall of manure 
should be formed, as 
shown in fig. 25 ; or if 
manure cannot be readily 
obtained, turf, or stones, or bricks lined with straw or hay will do. 
Within this wall the pots may be placed as closely as possible; and 
where manure can be obtained easily, a little may be laid on the earth 
in each pot. Some Russian matting, old carpet, tarpauling, or baize, 
may then be nailed over the top and sides of the frame, and a piece left 
loose to hang down in front like a curtain. When the weather is very 
severe, an additional covering of matting, or old blankets, may be thrown 
over the frame; but the curtain in front should be thrown up to admit the 
air, whenever the weather is sufficiently mild ; and the mat in front should 
be kept fastened up, and an oil-cloth thrown over the frame in continued 
rains, lest the plants should damp off. 
THE EAST INDIAN YAM. 
Can you tell me the name of the accompanying root ? The part sent 
is, as you will perceive, cut from a tuber of large size, and it was sent 
to me from Bengal. 
Portsmouth, 
January Qth, 1841. 
