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PLANTS IN ROOMS. 
PLANTS IN ROOMS. 
The treatment of Plants in rooms will be similar in 
many respects to that directed for the Greenhouse, as 
regards watering, keeping them clean, pruning, and 
occasionally changing the soil, &c., the principal 
difference is the change of atmosphere, the air in 
a room being, of course much dryer than in a Green¬ 
house. 
Many persons suppose that Plants in Greenhouses 
are kept so warm and forced along to get them in 
flower in Spring, that when placed in a room they soon 
begin to decline in vigor, and the leaves curl up, and 
and the flowers droop. A few might do so at first, 
but the reverse is generally the case, for when the 
Plants are growing in a Greenhouse, it is the moist 
atmosphere of the Greenhouse arising from the evap¬ 
oration from the soil in the pots, and dampness of the 
house, that conduces to the vigorous expansion of their 
foliage and flowers; so that when placed in a room, 
they miss the moist climate they have been accustomed 
to, and suffer from the heat and dryness of the room, 
and it is some time before they get acclimated, and 
this is especially the case in the Winter season or early 
in the Spring; therefore when first placed in a room, 
attention to watering them is requisite to keep the soil 
moist, that the plant may receive from the soil in the 
pot, moisture enough to supply the loss by evaporation. 
In consequence of the roots of a Plant being confined 
in a pot, the moisture is mostly limited to the evap¬ 
oration of the surface and what the Plant absorbs, 
