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moist, particularly the stronger species ; other- 

 wise they will not flower freely, and such as do 

 will not be so fine : however, when they are 

 done flowering, and the grass indicates an end 

 to vegetation for the season, they should be 

 gradually dried ; and when perfectly so, either 

 set in the pots in a dry sheltered place, or 

 otherwise taken out of them, and put in sepa- 

 rate paper bags, in sorts, until the Autumn : 

 I prefer the latter prooess ; it is necessary to 

 keep them in sorts, otherwise the strong, which 

 are not always the finest kinds, would smother 

 the delicate ones, that in many instances pro- 

 duce the most brilliant, and frequently odorifer- 

 ous flowers. 



The months of November, and December, 

 seem to be more noxious to the health of 

 plants, than any other season ; by reason of 

 their being full of young sappy leaves, and the 

 remains of many of the Autumn flowers still on 

 them, when the weather, (which at this time 

 generally becomes close, and chilly,) renders it 

 necessary to keep the house shut, and warm ; 

 this occasions a most pernicious damp to 

 exhale from every part of the house, and even 

 from the earth in the pots ; which fixes on the 



