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THE HOT-HOUSE. 
The more tender kinds of exotics, which could not with safety 
be brought out into the open air the latter end of last month, should 
now be placed where intended to remain during summer. 
Their subsequent treatment whilst out, being exactly similar to 
that directed for the green-house plants, in this and the preceding 
month, induces me in order to avoid repetitions, to refer you to 
those articles. But let it be observed, that although most of the 
shrubby kinds will require abundance of water at this season, yet 
that article must be administered with rather a sparing hand to the 
succulent tribe. 
Pine-Jipples. 
The pine-apple plants must now have abundance of air night and 
day, by keeping all the upright front lights slid open, and also 
the roof-lights, except during heavy rains, when the roof-lights must 
be kept close to preserve the bark-pit from too much wet. The 
plants will likewise require frequent refreshments of water, but 
this should not be given too copiously at one time. 
Some of the most forward pine-apples will, about the end of the 
month, be advancing towards maturity^ be careful at that time to 
give such plants but little water, for too much would spoil the fla- 
vour of the fruit. 
The succession pines must likewise have abundance of air and 
a sufficiency of water, to keep them in a regular and constant state 
of vegetation. 
Propagating Hot-House Plants. 
Continue to propagate the various kinds of plants belonging to 
this department, by cuttings, layers, offsets, suckers and seeds, as 
directed in the preceding months. 
All the succulent tribe may now be easily propagated by suckers, 
slips, cuttings, &c., laying them when taken off in a shady place 
for a week or ten days, more or less, according to the degree of 
succulency before they are planted. 
