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quent waste, and through the hot months of summer it will 
also be advisable to shade them slightly in mid-day, and to keep 
them well supplied with water to their roots, besides frequently 
sprinkling the floor of the pit to preserve a genial humidity about 
them. If these few particulars are duly observed, fine healthy 
specimens may be relied on for the next winter; and, if an in¬ 
crease is desired, it will be easily affected at any time through 
the summer, by taking off cuttings, potting them in sandy 
peat, and plunging the pots into a gentle hot-bed. Afterwards 
they may be treated in the manner of the old plants. 
April 2, 1846. Senex. 
WINDOW PLANTS. 
We have been asked for a list of plants suitable for window cul¬ 
ture, which must be low-priced, easy of management, and prolific 
of flowers. Now, as we regard the practice to be one of the surest 
indications of a progressive moralizing and intellectual mind, and 
to be of beneficial tendency, both to the owner and all who come 
in contact with them, we give, to the best of our judgment, a list 
of the kind, with perhaps more pleasure than ordinarily attends 
even the power of conferring an obligation. 
Fuchsias are now indispensable, and may be bought at any 
price between sixpence and half-a-guinea, and in such variety, 
that our correspondent may suit a taste, be it ever so capricious. 
They grow best in peat, or leaf-mould, and loam; should have 
an airy situation, a liberal supply of water in hot weather, and 
be carefully tied to neat sticks as the branches extend. 
Petunias grow and flower very well in such a situation. They 
delight in soil rather more retentive than the above, which is 
easily provided by increasing the proportion of loam. 
Verbenas are equally beautiful and varied in colour with either 
of the above, and, in addition, are agreeably fragrant. They 
should be grown in peat, or leaf-mould and sand. The varieties, 
having a pendent character, in the manner of V. melindres , may 
be allowed to trail over the pot, while the erect-growing kinds 
will require support from sticks. If room can be allowed for a 
large pot, a fine effect is produced by growing two or three dif¬ 
ferent kinds together; thus, an upright white and a blue one of 
