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EXOTIC FLOWERS AND PLANTS. 



In order to make this little work of more 

 general utility, it is deemed expedient to add 

 somewhat on the subject of tender exotic flowers. 

 Many who are engaged in the cultivation of bed 

 and stage flowers have, or may have collections 

 of exotics also, in hot-houses, green-houses, or 

 conservatories ; to whom the following observa- 

 tions may not be wholly useless or unacceptable. 

 ■ Of the hot- house midits plants . Hot-houses are 

 glazed structures for the preservation of tropical 

 exotics. They are designed for the cultivation 

 of fruit, particularly the pine-apple ; and like- 

 wise for plants that are either curious in form or 

 remarkable for the beauty of their foliage, or 

 splendour of their flowers. To imitate the na- 

 tive climate of tropical plants, a high degree of 

 heat from fire, steam, or hot-water flues, must be 



