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it is generally requisite wilh the English Hautboy, which is apt to 

 produce a great proportion of barren plants, and even witliout proper 

 attention, beds of this and of some otiigr kinds will become almost 

 totally unproductive. 



CARNATION PINKS. 



The collection of these has been greatly extended, and now com- 

 prises above one hundred splendid varieties, of which by far the 

 larger proportion are of that description called tvhole Jioiverty to 

 distinguish them from the bursters, and of the class denominated 

 rose leaved, oa account of the border of the petals being smooth, 

 the latter have for the most part been received from the Royal 

 Garden at Paris, through the polite attention of the enlightened 

 administrator of that splendid establishment. They should be 

 covered in severe winters with a box or frame, or taken up with 

 balls of earth, and planted during the winter under a common hot- 

 bed, with or without glass, as they bear cold;, but not cold and 

 moisture at the same time. 



GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 



Among the plants which have hitherto been introduced to this 

 country, none exceed those which have been received from China 

 and Japan; in the former of which countries they are said to excel 

 all other nations in the cultivation of flowers. It is also a happy 

 circumstance, that nearly all the plants which have yet been re- 

 ceived from either of those countries, are among the hardier kinds 

 of Green-house plants, and succeed with very little attention ; and, 

 indeed, a number of them are found to withstand the winters of the 

 middle states. It being, therefore, so desirable an object to obtain 

 all the valuable plants of those countries, arrangements have been 

 made to procure such as have already found their way to Europe, 

 as well as to add annually to the collection by importations direct 

 from China. 



ORANGE AND LEMON TREES, &c. 



The Orange, Lemon, Citron, Shaddock, and Lime, are easily 

 cultivated, and no trees will bear hardier usage, if they are only 

 secured from cold and frost. They mi^y be removed every month 

 ill the year, and yet grow well with the aid of shade and moisture. 

 Early in October they should be taken oit of the boxes or pots in 

 which they are growing, with the balls of earth entire, and liave 

 the sides and bottom shaved off about an inch deep with a sharp 

 knife, to ntake room for fresh earth, and then replace them in the 

 pots or boxes, first coverirg tlie holes at the bottom with shells or 

 broken earthern, and some fresh compost j then fill In around the- 



