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a sickly plant, than too much moisture, by rea- 

 son of its inability to imbibe the usual quantity 

 through want of vigour. 



The plants which remain, intended to be set 

 in the green-house, must now have a consider- 

 able encrease of fresh air, on all fine days; 

 and also, (the pots being quite out of the tan,) 

 they will require a greater portion of water, 

 than has been usually given them when 

 plunged. 



As soon as the weather becomes settled, and 

 the night perfectly free from all dullness, and 

 frost, which is seldom mnch before the middle 

 of July; the plants may with safety be removed 

 from the stove to the green-house ; and set re- 

 gularly, on the benches lately occupied by the 

 green-house plants ; which they will ornament 

 very much, during the time the latter are set in 

 clumps in the open air. 



The stove may, in this interval, be furnished 

 with a few of each of the different tender an- 

 nuals ; to give it something of a gay, lively 

 appearance. They will likewise in some mea- 

 sure serve as a kind of natural trap for the spi- 

 der, &c. ; as they will, should there be any of 

 them left in the house, immediately attack the 



