HEAT AND TEMPERATURE. 
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produce their flowers early in Spring, or the latter part 
of Winter. When any shrubby Plants as Geranium, 
Roses, &c., are placed in the window of a room and 
commence growing, if the young shoots are tolerably 
strong and the leaves green, it shows the heat of the 
room suits them. But if they grow weak and elon¬ 
gated, it shows that the room is too hot and close for 
them and they should be removed to one that is cooler 
and more airy. 
In case of Plants getting frozen, which they are liable 
to do in winter, they should be removed to the kitchen 
or a place where they can be watered or the leaves 
washed with cold water, for as frost has a greater 
affinity for water, it will come out of the leaves in 
little icicles on their surface, which should be 
washed off as long as any appear. As soon as the 
frost is out of them, they may be placed in the 
rooms again, and except they are very tender Plants, 
they will receive but little injury, but if left in the room 
till it is warmed and they are thawed out dry,they would 
be liable to be killed or lose their leaves. 
There are many plants grown in pots that are nearly 
hardy and do not require heat to keep them through 
winter, and if they get frozen by watering their leaves 
as before, they will receive but little injury. Although 
many Plants will keep alive during the winter while 
they are in a dormant state in the temperature between 
thirty and forty deg., yet all require the temperature 
of Spring or Summer to keep them growing. 
