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in flower all the year round, and succeeded in 

 doing so with twenty-five plants. We did not 

 cut flowers every day it is true, but they were 

 always there to look at ! The same attention and 

 similar treatment as m October and November, 

 ever remembering that a damp, cold atmosphere is 

 the worst for flowering-plants, and a warm, buoyant 

 atmosphere, with air whenever it can be admitted, 

 even if it be but a chink, is the best. 



