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unable to bear the external air when taken out in a 

 succeeding season. By the way, this may afford a 

 practical hint to tender and foolish mothers about 

 the nursery management of their, children, which 

 may do them more good than a regular essay on 

 the subject. The want of frequent exposure to air 

 is the cause of half our diseases. 



Plant cuttings of Heath, Chinese Roses, and such 

 green-house plants as have young wood sufficiently 

 ripe ; they will root best in fine sand, under glasses. 

 Sow the seeds of tender exotics from the Cape, Aus- 

 tralia, or other warm latitudes. 



Inarch Exotics, and take cuttings of Sedums, 

 Ficoides, and other succulent plants, but do not put 

 the cuttings of the hardier kinds in earth for a week, 

 until the wounds shall have time to heal, observing 

 to place them in the shade during this period. When 

 sufficiently healed, plant them in pots of light sandy 

 soil, and give but little water. Inarch and graft 

 Camellias, which are now beginning to shoot, and 

 should be abundantly watered. When Camellias 

 have ceased flowering, remove them to a higher 

 temperature, but shaded, as they cannot well sustain 

 the sun's direct rays ; thus treated, they will perfect 

 their shoots and form their flower-buds well. 



Propagate Jassmines by cuttings. 



During this and the next month, you may, at your 

 leisure, remove such plants as require more room, 

 into larger pots, and take out the hardy kinds of 

 green-house plants, placing them under shelter of a 

 hedge or wall, and admit free air to the tenderest 

 sorts that remain. After putting your choice plants 

 into larger pots, plunge them into the bark, which 

 should be stirred up with some fresh material to 

 renew the heat. 



