

HEiamX WIUJAMS, 



COItltESI'OyiUNG EDITORS : 



J03IAH HOOPES, JAMES TAPLIN. 



VOL. 29. 



JUlSrE, 18T4. 



E"0. 336. 



G-reenhouse for June. 



Hints. — The most hardy plants should be 

 at once removed to summer quarters, out of 

 doors, if not already done ; if these plants re- 

 main inside too late in the season, it induces a 

 weak growth, which is sure to suffer when re- 

 moved outside, and the room is also required 

 at this season for those plants intended to 

 occupy the house for the summer months. 

 Exceptions should be made for a time for 

 Camellias which have not yet completed their 

 growth, and any other delicate plants which 

 have been cut in and repotted to insure a bet- 

 ter and more vigorous growth. 



Camellias. — If any late-blooming Camel- 

 lias or Azaleas have been allowed to assume a 

 loose, straggling growth, these plants should 

 be cut into shape at once, and remain inside 

 until later in the season. Allow the young 

 shoots to start before shaking out and repot- 

 ting. In some cases such plants are better 

 potted into smaller sized pots, after reducing 

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the ball of soil carefully, without destroying 

 the roots ; and Azaleas in very large pots may 

 have the ball reduced by cutting the sides 

 away until it can be potted in the same size 

 again, with sufficient fresh soil between the 

 roots and pot to give it a fresh start. Such 

 plants require keeping at the close end of the 

 house, be frequently syringed and carefully 

 watered, for if it gets too wet or very dry, the 

 plants will be sure to die. In potting all large 

 plants, but especially such fine-rooted things as 

 Azaleas, be careful to make the soil very firm 

 from the bottom to the top, and leave the soil 

 a trifle higher round the sides of the pot than 

 in the middle. The fresh soil will sink a little, 

 and also be washed away to some extent in 

 the most careful watering ; it also turns the 

 water to the old ball full of roots, which is sure 

 to get dry first. Never fill large-sized pots 

 within one or two inches of the surface ; this 

 is required to hold water. 



Gloxinias will be now growing fast, the 

 early plants commencing to flower. Give them 

 occasionally weak manure water, and shade 

 from bright sun. Later plants will require 

 larger pots. These plants flower finely in a 



