40 ON REPOTTING GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 



than the stiff, shorn-like front, admired by some : any plants that 

 may he in flower, should he placed in conspicuous situations, but 

 not so as to make the clump look in the- least tawdry ; simplicity and 

 neatness are the principal objects to be considered, in this, as well as 

 the other decorations of the flower garden : another circumstance to 

 be remembered, is, that now as their summer growth commences, it 

 will be necessary to allow each plant, sufficient room to spread accord- 

 ing to its natural habit of growing ; and also to be careful, that the 

 curious tender sorts, (which are frequently the most valuable,) are not 

 crowded by the large free growing kinds. Indeed they should be set, 

 as well as heaths, in a separate clump as they lose a good deal of 

 their interest, by being confounded with large shewy plants that 

 attract the eye, at the first glance, from the more delicate and minute, 

 but to many not less attractive species. 



Should the weather prove dry wheu they are thus set in their 

 clumps, they must be freely watered ; particularly in the afternoon, 

 when the sun has nearly ran his course. A good washing also with 

 an engine, or syringe, at times in the absence of the sun, will be of 

 considerable service to them ; but if any individual plant should at 

 any time become too wet, let it be placed apart from the rest, and not 

 watered again until it evidently requires it : this is a circumstance 

 which I shall have occasion to mention hereafter ; all that is necessary 

 now for £ few weeks, is to pick off dead or withered leaves, and 

 weeds of every description ; and a regular attention to the directions 

 already given. 



