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APRIL. 



Regarding the shifting or repotting of plants, the di- 

 rections given last month may be followed. If the 

 plants are not shifted that require it, get them done as 

 soon as possible, for they will soon get into a luxuriant 

 state of growth, and then it would not be advisable to 

 shift them. Those that were repotted last month will 

 have taken fresh root in the new soil, and the advan- 

 tage will soon be perceptible. In order to strengthen 

 the plants, and keep them from becoming drawn and 

 spindly, admit large portions of air every mild day. In- 

 deed there will be very few days in this month, that a 

 little air may not be given, always observing to divide 

 the quantity regularly over the house, in cool nights 

 closing in time. About the end of the month an abun- 

 dance of air is indispensable, leaving the sashes and 

 doors open every mild night, that the plants may be 

 inured to the open exposure they will have in a few 

 weeks. 



WATERING. j, - 



As the season advances and vegetation increases, 

 the waterings will require to be more copious and more 

 frequent. Look over all plants minutely every day, 

 and with judicious care supply their wants. Those 

 that are of a soft shrubby nature, and in a free-growing 



