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238 our movements to the state of the weather and the indications of the barometer. Yet during the past seven years the dates of planting cucumbers in this house, the dates of cutting the first fruit, and the dates of taking down the worn-out vines, have varied so slightly that we might from those dates conclude that this climate is one of the most constant on the face of the earth. We know it to be otherwise, but no matter. Our average date of sowing the seed has been March 20; of planting out, June 6; of cutting the first fruit, July 3; thence to the middle of October the appearance of the house is represented in the accompanying sketch. The Sion House breed suits best for this off-hand system, and the best of that breed is Rollisson’s Telegraph, but Cuthill’s Black Spine also answers admirably.

The seedling pelargoniums that occupy this house all the winter are grown in accordance with the directions given in the chapter on the subject.