or to the private grower, who merely desires them for home 
decoration. In a conversation we had some little time since 
with one of the most eminent growers and most successful ex¬ 
hibitors of the flower, he informed us, that it was his practice 
never to place them out-of-doors, as is generally done, and to 
keep them growing for at least six months in the year, adding, 
that as his plants did not cease growing until the end of August, 
and that they must be removed into the house in October, they 
would only be, under any circumstances, three or four weeks 
out-of-doors. In preference to doing this, he throws open the 
front and sides of his house and allows a free circulation of air; 
for it oftentimes happens, that when in the open air, they are 
caught by one of the early autumnal frosts, and although the 
results of this do not immediately appear, yet the blooms ul¬ 
timately drop off, and thus disappoint the grower’s hopes; and, 
if we are to judge by results, his plan must be the right one, 
for not only are his plants models of growth, but he invariably 
holds the first place as an exhibitor. 
