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nations, Auriculas," &c. This shrewd remark is likely to be 

 verified much earlier than we anticipated. 



It has been often said that these plants are difficult of 

 cultivation. This is unfounded ; indeed, they are the reverse 

 if put in a soil congenial to their nature. When highly 

 manured soils are given, which are poisonous to the plants, 

 sickness or death will inevitably ensue; but this cannot be 

 attributed to the delicacy of their nature. We can unhe- 

 sitatingly say there is no green-house plant more hardy or 

 easier of cultivation, provided they are kept at an even 

 temperature, say from 40° to 45° during night, and 45° to 

 50° during day, and they are equally so in the parlor, if 

 not kept confined in a room where there is a continuance of 

 drying fire heat, their constitution not agreeing with an arid 

 atmosphere. 



SOWING CAMELLIA SEED. 



These seeds ripen generally during September and October, 

 and must be sown as soon as ripe; plant them about one 

 inch under ground into pots filled with leaf mould, loam, and 

 white sand, in equal portions; if the pots after sowing can 

 be placed in a hot-house, they will vegetate in about six 

 weeks, and be ready to pot into single pots in February. 

 Many of them will bloom in the second year; but if heat 

 is not accessible, keep the pots in the warmest part of the 

 green-house, and give an occasional watering, and the plants 

 will appear some time in May and June : they will be ready 

 to pot into single pots in September, and after doing so put 

 them into a close frame, and shade them from the sun for a few 

 weeks; use at this potting only about one-fifth of sand. 



NOVEMBER. 



OF AIR AND WATER. 



Airing the house should be strictly attended to. Every 

 day that there is no frost it may be admitted largely, and 



