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and more water will be necessary for such plants, than those 

 kept in a greenhouse would require. For the management 

 of bulbous roots, in pots or glasses, the reader is referred to 

 page 98. 



FEBRUARY. 



"A cold sour Autumn, they sternly maintain, 

 A long severe Winter will bring in its tram ; 

 If Summer and Autumn be both dry and warm, 

 Calm opens the Winter, — it closes in storm. J ' 



Having in the previous month discussed some important 

 points relative to the general care of plauts, I now proceed 

 to notice a few of those kinds that require attention at this 

 particular season : 



Camellias, or Japan Roses. — There are numerous 

 varieties of this valuable class of plants, exhibiting every 

 shade in succession, from desp crimson to the purest white ; 

 in some imperceptibly blended, in others strikingly con- 

 trasted. They are unrivalled objects of beauty from 

 October to May, being set in a foliage of fine glossy verdure- 



Double Camellias are generally propagated on stocks of 

 the single, which are procured by planting cuttings of the 

 young shoots in light mould under bell glasses ; on these, 

 when grown to a sufficient size, are inarched the finer kinds 

 of double. Sometimes these latter are also struck by cut- 

 tings ; but as their progress by such method is generally 

 slow and uncertain, it is seldom resorted to. These valuable 

 plants are too often injured by amateurs, from misapplied 

 care bestowed upon them, so that their whole compensation 

 and enjoyment is reduced to the mere possession of a hand- 

 some green shrub. Destined from the extreme beauty and 

 unrivalled delicacy of their flowers to become the chief 

 pride and ornament of the greenhouse and drawing-room 

 in the winter season, the Camellias should have a fair chance 

 given them to exhibit their fine bloom in perfection. 



