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MANAGEMENT OF PLANTS. 
in other respects as mentioned in the preceding; 
When plants are kept in rooms, it will be best to place 
such of them as are tender in the warmest rooms, 
and the more hardy in the cooler ones, and persons 
having only the room windows to keep their plants 
in, will find it to their advantage not to have too many 
crowded together, but have a few good Plants in 
pots proportioned to their size, that can be placed 
conveniently to the light, and attend to keeping them 
clean by sponging their leaves and watering as they 
require it, and occasionally turn them round to the 
light that they may grow regularly, and remember 
that a few good handsome Plants will give more 
satisfaction than any number of inferior ones. 
When the winter is past and spring commences, 
the Plants in flower and those with their buds coming 
on will want watering more freely, and more air given 
in fine days, though in cold cloudy weather the heat 
should be kept as usual, for many Plants that have 
done flowering and are making their growth for next 
season, as Camellias, Daphnes, Azaleas, &c., will 
require to perfect it before being placed out for sum¬ 
mer, and Plants that lose their leaves in winter will 
now be growing, as Hydrangea, Lemon-Verbena, 
Erythrina, and should be placed near the windows to 
receive the sun, that the shoots may grow strong, and 
the seeds of any annual flowers that are required for the 
garden, may be sown in pots and placed at the front 
windows and attended as other Plants till it is time to 
set them out. As soon as all danger of the frost is over, 
which will be from the middle of May to the beginning* 
of June, the Plants may be placed out in the Gar- 
