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it is generally requisite with the English Hautboy, which is apt te 
produce a great proportion of barren plants, and even without proper 
attention, beds of this and of some other 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 whole flowers, to 
distinguish them from the dursters, and of the class denominated 
rose leaved, on 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 acommon hot- — 
bed, with or without glass, as they bear cold, but not cold and 
Moisture at the same time. 7 
GREEN-HOUSE 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 isalsoahappy | 
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 may be removed every month _ 
in the year, and yet grow well with the aid of shade and moisture. 
Early in October they should be taken out of the boxes or pots in 
which they are growing, with the balls of earth entire, and have ~ 
the sides and bottom shaved off about an inch deep with a sharp — 
knife, to make room for fresh earth, and then replace them in the _ 
pots or boxes, first covering the holes at the bottom with shells or _ 
broken earthern, and some fresh compost; then fill in around the _ 
