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nish or decay, and the failure is generally attributed to indi- 

 viduals 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 win- 

 dows 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 continual beauty through the winter, with many other 

 desirable and equally valuable plants. The plants generally 

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

 from liberal supplies of water, observing never to give it until 

 the soil in the pot is inclining to become dry, and administer 

 ing it in the evenings or mornings. 



FLOWERING PLANTS. 



Our directions last month under this head will equally ap- 

 ply 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, ETC. 



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

 during winter, such as Pomegranates, Lagerstrcemias, Hy- 

 drangeas, Oleanders, Sweet-bay. &c, may be brought out to 

 the open air at 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 thero is any scab or foulness of any kind collected 



