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of forced flowers, such as roses, mignionette, 

 lilac, &c. &c. when fit to remove from the 

 forcing house § and if a few pots of china rose, 

 or any others of a similar nature in flower, 

 were set occasionally on the surface, or plunged 

 in the pit in the most vacant places among the 

 other plants, they would considerably improve 

 their appearance ; and being in pots, so con- 

 venient to be plunged, or removed at pleasure, 

 there is no danger of their injuring either the 

 roots or heads of the standard plants, when re- 

 gularly attended to, and care taken in plunging 

 them not to raise the mould taken out of the 

 holes, too high to the stems of the adjoining 

 plants. 



SECTION II. 



According to the drought or moisture of the 

 atmosphere, it will now be necessary to water 

 more or less every day, until about the middle 

 of September, when it will be necessary to put 

 on the top or roof lights, on account of the ap- 

 proaching winter ; the evening is the most 

 proper time for this operation ; however, from 

 the ^tbove mentioned season, until spring, for 

 the same reasons as given in treating of the 



