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flowers tarnish or decay, and the failure is generally attri- 

 buted to individuals not at all concerned. From this and 

 similar causes many have drawn the unjust conclusion, 

 viz., that " plants from green-houses are of too delicate a 

 nature to be exposed in rooms or windows at this early 

 season." But every year gives more and more proof to 

 the contrary. There are ladies in Philadelphia, and those 

 not a few, whose rooms and windows at this period vie 

 with the finest of our green-houses, with respect to the 

 health, beauty and order of their plants, and we might 

 almost say in variety. Some of them have got above twenty 

 kinds of Camellias in their collections, which afford a con- 

 tinual beauty through the winter, with many other desira- 

 ble and equally valuable plants. The plants generally are 

 now growing pretty freely, and are not so liable to suffer 

 from liberal supplies of Avater, observing never to give it 

 until the soil in the pot is inclining to become dry, and ad- 

 ministering it in the evenings or mornings. 



FLOWERING PLANTS. 



Our directions last month under this head will equally 

 apply now. The Chinese roses and geraniums that are 

 now coming plentifully into flower should be kept near the 

 light, and in airy exposures, to brighten their colours, 

 otherwise they will be very pale and sickly. 



BRINGING PLANTS OUT OF THE CELLAR, &c. 



All or most of the plants that have been in the cellar dur- 

 ing winter, such as Pomegranates, Lagerstrsemias, Hy- 

 drangeas, Oleanders, Sweet-bay, fyc., may be brought out 

 to the open air any time about the middle of the month. If 

 any of them stand in need of larger pots or tubs, have them 

 turned out, the balls reduced, and put them in others a little 

 larger, or where convenient, they may be planted in the 

 ground. Be sure to keep the Hydrangeas in shady situa- 

 tions. It will not be advisable to expose entirely the 

 orange and lemon trees until the end of this or first of next 

 month. Where there is any scale or foulness of any 



