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in winter, provided they are supplied with the necessary 

 moisture and heat. All plants that are intended for 

 house plants in winter, when set out in May, should be 

 first planted in pots six or seven inches in diameter. 

 These pots should be planted, or, as we term it, 

 " plunged " to the rim, or level with the surface ; thus 

 they are almost in the same condition as if they had been 

 planted without the pot, only the roots are confined 

 inside of the pot, so that when the plant is lifted in fall 

 there is no mutilation of the roots, as must always be the 

 case when the plant is put in the open ground without 

 the pot, as then the roots ramify in all directions. One 

 caution, however, is necessary : the hole in the bottom 

 of the pot must be effectually stopped up so that the 

 roots cannot strike through, or the pot should be turned 

 two or three times during the summer, so as to break off 

 the roots as they strike through the bottom. If this is 

 not done, nearly the same difficulty will be experienced 

 as if they had not been put in the pots. But if proper 

 attention has been given to this, plants of every descrip- 

 tion that are suitable for winter will be in a fine state by 

 the time of taking up in this district, the 1st of Octo- 

 ber, as by this time there is danger of frost. 



The following list comprises those plants most suit- 

 able for window culture, and such as are most easily 

 managed and least expensive. 



Abutilons, 



Calla (Richardia), 



Carnations monthly sorts, 



Cyclamens, 



Chryanthemums, 



Chinese Primroses, 



Fuchsias, 



Hyacinths and other Bulbs (See Bulb Culture), 



Geraniums, Variegated, Zonale, Scented and Ivy- 

 leaved, 



