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nish or decay, and the failure is generally attributed to in- 

 dividuals not at all concerned. From this and similar 

 causes many have drawn the unjust conclusion, viz., that 

 plants from green-houses are of too delicate a nature to be 

 exposed in rooms or windows at this early season. But 

 every year gives more and more proof to the contrary. 

 There are ladies in Philadelphia, and those not a few, whose 

 rooms and windows at this period vie with the finest of our 

 green-houses, with respect to the health, beauty and order 

 of their plants, and we might almost say in variety. Some 

 of them have got above twenty kinds of Camellias in their 

 collections, which afford a continual beauty through the win- 

 ter, with many other desirable and equally valuable plants. 

 The plants generally are now growing pretty freely, and are 

 not so liable to suffer from liberal supplies of water, observ- 

 ing never to give it until the soil in the pot is inclining to 

 become dry, and administering it in the evenings or 

 mornings. 



FLOWERING PLANTS. 



Our directions last month under this head will equally 

 apply now. The Chinese roses and geraniums that are now 

 coming plentifully into flower should be kept near the light, 

 and in airy exposures, to brighten their colors, otherwise 

 they will be very pale and sickly. 



BRINGING PLANTS OUT OF THE CELLAR, ETC. 



All or most of the plants that have been in the cellar 

 during winter, such as Pomegranates, Lagerstrdemias, Hy- 

 drangeas, Oleanders, Siceet-haj/, d:c., may be brought out to 

 the open air any time about the middle of the month. If 

 any of them stand in need of larger pots or tubs, have them 

 turned out, the balls reduced, and put them in others a little 

 larger; or, where convenient, they may be planted in the 

 ground. Be sure to keep the Hydrangeas in shady situa- 

 tions. It will not be advisable to expose entirely the orange 

 and lemon trees until the end of this or first of next month. 

 "Where there is any scale or foulness of any kind collected 



