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neatly to small stakes, (which, if painted green, will 

 look much better,) and keep them from the direct rays 

 of the sun. In the front of the house perhaps will be 

 the best situation. They must be freely watered while 

 in flower. Where there is convenience, it will be es- 

 sential to keep the pots in saucers containing water ; 

 it will strengthen both stems and flowers, and likewise 

 preserve them longer in perfection, Those that are 

 blooming should be put aside, and watered sparingly, 

 until the foliage begins to decay, when the pots may 

 be laid on their side to ripen the bulbs. 



REPOTTING. 



If you have any of the following plants that you 

 are desirous of encouraging, they should be repot- 

 ted this or next month at the latest. Large plants 

 will not require it, if they were done in August. 

 Pots one size larger than those that they are in, are 

 sufficient. Acacias and Mimdsas being now united into 

 one genus, there are above two hundred species. 

 About one hundred and thirty belong to the Green- 

 house. Amongst such a beautiful family, both for ele- 

 gance of flower and beauty of foliage, it will be difficult 

 to specify the most handsome and desirable for this 

 department. A. mottis, A. glaucesccns, A. verticilata, A. 

 florabunda, A. diffusa, A. armdta, A. verniciflua* A. decur- 

 re.ns, A. armata weeping variety, A. pubescens, A. leuco- 

 Ibbia, A. decipiens, A. fragrdns, A. pukhella, A. lophdntha, 

 A. myrtifblia, &c. These will afford a great variety of 

 foliage, and are very desirable, flowering principally in 



