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nisk 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 
winter, 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 morn- 
ings. 
FLOWERING PLANTS. 
Our directions last month under this head will equally ap- 
ply 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 colours, 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, Lagerstrsemias, Hy- 
drangeas, Oleanders, Sweet-bay, &c, may be brought out to 
the open air at 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 j 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 
