304 ROOMS REPOTTING. \_March. 



may be obtained, (see green-house, February, under the 

 head of Camellia,} which directions are equally applicable 

 here. When the flowers are full-blown, and kept in a 

 temperature between 40 and 50, they will be perfect for 

 the space of four, five, and frequently six weeks, and a 

 good selection of healthy plants will continue to flower 

 from December to April. 



Be sure that there is a little air admitted at all favoura- 

 ble opportunities. 



MARCH. 



IF the plants in these situations have been properly at- 

 tended to by admitting air at all favourable times, and when 

 the apartment was below 40, a little fire heat applied to 

 counteract the cold, keeping the heat above that degree, 

 your attention will be rewarded by the healthy appearance 

 of your plants. The weather by this time has generally 

 become milder, so that air may be more freely admitted, 

 especially from ten to three o'clock. They will require a 

 more liberal supply of water, but always avoid keeping 

 them wet. Pick off all decayed leaves, and tie up any 

 straggling shoots ; give the pots a top-dressing with fresh 

 soil, which will greatly invigorate the plants, and will allow 

 the fresh air to act upon the roots, which is one of the prin- 

 cipal assistants in vegetation. For those that require shift- 

 ing or repotting, see green-house, March; the plants enu- 

 merated there equally apply here, if they are in the collec- 

 tion, with this difference, that well-kept rooms are about two 

 or three weeks earlier than the green-house. After the 

 end of this month, where there is a convenience, plants 

 will do better in windows that look, to the east, in which 

 the direct rays of a hot sun are prevented from falling upon 

 them, arid the morning sun is more congenial for plants in 

 this country than the afternoon sun. Where there is any 

 dust on the leaves of any of them, take a sponge and water, 

 and make the whole clean ; likewise divest them of all in- 

 sects. The green-fly is perhaps on the roses ; if there are 





