OBSERVATIONS ON WATERING PLANTS IN POTS. 171 



will require water in a small quantity, perhaps once a week or ten 

 days in the frame when there is no frost. The Carmellia, Rhodo- 

 dendron, Acacia Armata, and Corrcea Speciosa, may be instanced 

 as families to which these observations apply. 



It need probably be scarcely necessary to observe, that Ever- 

 greens should never be allowed to stand in a pan which would 

 contain the surplus water, so as to keep the soil at the bottom of 

 the pot in a saturated state. 



2. Deciduous Plants : or such as loose (heir leaves annually, 



as Fuchsias, fyc. 

 From the time that this class of plants drop their leaves in the 

 autumn, until they shoot again in the spring, they require no 

 water, or at most, a very small quantity once a month during 

 that period, (this also is the only proper season to re-pot them). 

 As soon as they begin to shoot in the spring, water should be given 

 to them, (so as just to moisten the soil in the pot,) and gradually 

 increased until the leaves are developed ; after which they should 

 be treated as ligneous Evergreens during the spring and summer 

 months. Many deciduous plants are very beautiful; and as they 

 do not require light in the winter, they may be protected from 

 frost in a cellar or vacant room without a fire, which is a great 

 convenience to nn Amateur. 

 3. Herbaceous Plants : as Auriculas, Carnations, fyc. 

 This class requires to be watered much on the same principle 

 as the succulent Evergreens ; but during the autumn and winter 

 months, particular care should be taken not to allow the water to 

 get into the centre of the plants, or in the socket at the base of 

 the leaves : because, unless it quickly evaporates, the water will 

 there become stagnant and rot the stem of the plant. Many her- 

 baceous plants with thick large foliage (Auriculas in particular) 

 should in very hot weather be shaded, and allowed to have only 

 the morning sun. 



To this class belongs the beautiful family of Chinese Chrysan- 

 themums, which as it requires rather a different mode of treatment 

 from most of the class, should be particularly mentioned. From 

 the time the warm weather commences in the spring until the end 

 of autumn, it is scarcely possible to over water tliem. During 

 dry hoi weather they should be lively watered, both on the surface 

 of the pot and over the leaves (even when the sun is on them,) 



