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Heat. — This must be from 60° to 65°, being 

 guided by the state of the external air. 



Air. — Admit all you can with safety, as the 

 roses, if drawn up, will flower weakly : a little 

 may be given every day if the weather be not dull, 

 and there is no cold cutting wind direct upon the 

 glass. On fine days admit air early, but close early 

 in the afternoon. 



Water. — Much attention is necessary in this 

 respect. Pour a good supply upon the flues soon 

 in the morning, and when the fire is made up for the 

 night, give a good watering to all the plants intro- 

 duced for flowering early. Syringe twice a day, 

 about nine in the morning and three in the afternoon. 



PLANTS COMING INTO ELOWER. 



Billbergia pyramidalis. Justicia speciosa. 



Calceolaria bicolor. Phylica spicata. 



Citrus.— Orange. Reseda odorata. 



Epiphyllum truncatum. Ruellia formosa. 



Eranthemum pulchel- Salvia polystachya. 



lum. Struthiola erecta, 



Erythrina Crista Galli. Viola. 

 Euphorbia fulgens. 



BILLBERGIA PYRAMIDALIS. 

 Class, Hexandria. Order, Monogynia, 



Bromeliace^e. 

 Native of Rio Janerio, 1817. — Propagation, 

 suckers. 



