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236 HOT-HOUSE OF REPOTTING, &c. [MAY. 



In regard to E. herbdcea, which is a native of the Caro- 

 linas, and frequently treated as a Hot-house plant, it is 

 our opinion that it would be more perfectly grown if 

 planted about the first of this month in the garden; and 

 when growing, if well supplied with water, it would 

 flower from July to September. About the first of No- 

 vember lift the roots and preserve them in half dry earth, 

 in the same place with the Dahlias. E. laurifblia and E. 

 crista-galli are likewise often treated as Hot- house plants, 

 and in such situations they cast prematurely their first 

 flowers, by the confined state of the air. They will keep 

 in perfect preservation during winter in a dry cellar, half 

 covered with earth, or entirely covered with half dry 

 earth; consequently, the best and easiest method of 

 treatment, is to plant them in the garden about the 

 first of May, and when growing, if the ground becomes 

 dry, give them frequent waterings. They will flower 

 profusely three or four times in the course of summer. 



We freely recommend the last species to all our pa- 

 trons, confident that it will give ample satisfaction, both 

 in profusion of flower and beauty of colour. The soil 

 they are to be planted into should be according to 

 that prescribed in the list ; or if they are kept in pots, 

 they must be enlarged three or four times, when they 

 are in a growing state, to make them flower perfectly; 

 otherwise they will be diminutive. 



Flcus, Fig-tree, a genus containing above fifty Hot- 

 house species, besides several that belong to the Green- 

 house; greatly admired for the beauty of their foliage. 

 A few of them are deciduous, and all of the easiest cul- 

 ture. We have seen plants of F. eldstica hung in the 

 back of the Hot-house, without the smallest particle of 



