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very impatient of frost; the house, therefore, must be 
kept of sufficient temperature to exclude it, but no 
more fire heat should be given them in mid-winter, 
than is sufficient for that purpose. When the green 
fly, (Aphis,) appears on them, they should be fumi¬ 
gated with tobacco, and occasionally syringed, which 
will keep them clean and healthy. 
In February, the first raised plants will show their 
flower buds, and the roots will appear through the 
hole at the bottom of the pots; they must then be 
shifted into larger ones for flowering, which should 
be from six to nine inches in diameter, according to 
the strength of the plants, using the before mention¬ 
ed compost, and well watering them. The latter 
raised plants should be shifted in succession, as they 
require it, and supplied with abundance of air, light, 
and water. They will soon come into flower, and by 
their beauty, amply recompense the trouble taken 
with them. While they are in bloom, if shaded from 
the meridian sun, the flowers will be retained much 
longer. 
When they have done flowering, such as are de¬ 
signed to be kept over for the next season, should be 
removed to the open air, and placed in a shady situ¬ 
ation, and cut down to within six inches of the pot. 
When they have produced new shoots, they may be 
repotted in fresh soil and smaller pots, and treated as 
before directed. The others may be planted out of 
the pots into the garden, where they will occasionally 
flower during summer. 
Geraniums are also well adapted for the flower 
garden, for which purpose, plants raised in September, 
