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having water spilt upon them ; the latter where they may be 

 equally shaded, but in a more humid place. Thick leathery- 

 leaved plants, such as oranges, and many others, will succeed 

 in a tolerable degree of shade ; and if large, may occupy the 

 back parts of the green-house, where plants of more delicate 

 constitutions would not prosper so well. Delicate-leaved 

 plants in general like much light and sunshine, and therefore 

 should occupy situations more in front ; and the young stock 

 of the present year's propagation should also occupy light and 

 airy situations on shelves near the glass, and where they may 

 be more readily got at, for the purpose of watering them, or 

 performing any other necessary operations. 



Green-house bulbous plants are peculiarly interesting, al- 

 though by no means so universally cultivated in private col- 

 lections as they merit. Those who have visited Mr. Colvil's 

 splendid collection of these plants, can only form an idea of 

 the beauty of them ; and if it were generally known that their 

 culture is so simple, few, we believe, would hesitate to add 

 them to their collections. As to their situation in the green- 

 house, it is only while in flower that they intrude themselves 

 u})on us, as requiring any room or even much attention ; and 

 then they amply repay us for any care or attention that they 

 may for a time require, by the splendor and diversification 

 of their rich and elegant bloom. The accompanying figure of 

 the Amarijllis psittacina was drawn from a plant in flower in 

 that splendid collection at a time when upwards of five hundred 

 others were in bloom. During a part of the year, they, 

 like most other bulbs, become dormant ; and while in that 

 state they may be taken out of the pots altogether, and the 

 mould shaken from their roots and kept in boxes well ven- 

 tilated, in a temperature rather above that marked temperate 

 on Fahrenheit's scale. In this state they may remain until 

 they be showing flower, when, as they appear in that state, 

 they should be potted, and introduced into the green-house ; 

 and when done flowering, and the leaves fully formed, and 

 beginning to decay, they may then be again removed. 



