284 GREEN-HOUSE — OF AIR AND WATER. [November. 
nations, Auriculas," &c. This shrewd remark is likely to be 
verified much earlier than we anticipated. 
It has been often said that these plants are difficult of 
cultivation. This is unfounded ; indeed, they are the reverse 
if put in a soil congenial to their nature. When highly 
manured soils are given, which are poisonous to the plants, 
sickness or death will inevitably ensue ; but this cannot be 
attributed to the delicacy of their nature. We can unhe- 
sitatingly say there is no green-house plant more hardy or 
easier of cultivation, provided they are kept at an even 
temperature, say from 40° to 45° during night, and 45° to 
50° during day, and they are equally so in the parlour, if 
not kept confined in a room where there is a continuance of 
drying fire heat, their constitution not agreeing with an arid 
atmosphere. 
SOWING CAMELLIA SEED. 
These seeds ripen generally during September and October, 
and must be sown as soon as ripe ; plant them about one 
inch under ground into pots filled with leaf mould, loam, and 
white sand, in equal portions ; if the pots after sowing can 
be placed in a hot-house, they will vegetate in about six 
weeks, and be ready to pot into single pots in February. 
Many of them will bloom in the second year; but if heat 
is not accessible, keep the pots in the warmest part of the 
green-house, and give an occasional watering, and the plants 
will appear some time in May and June : they will be ready 
to pot into single pots in September, and after doing so put 
them into a close frame, and shade them from the sun for a few 
weeks ; use at this potting only about one-fifth of sand. 
NOVEMBER. 
OF AIR AND WATER. 
Airing the house should be strictly attended to. Every 
day that there is no frost it may be admitted largely, and 
