270 GREEN-HOUSE WATERING. 



APRIL. 



REGARDING the shifting or repotting of plants, the direc- 

 tions given last month may be followed. If the plants that 

 require it are not shifted, get them done as soon as possi- 

 ble. Those that were repotted last month will have taken 

 fresh root in the new soil, and the advantage will soon be 

 perceptible. In order to strengthen the plants, and keep 

 them from becoming drawn and spindly, admit large por- 

 tions of air every mild day. Indeed there will be very 

 few days in this month that a little air may not be given, 

 always observing to divide the quantity regularly over the 

 house, in cool nights closing in time. About the end of 

 the month an abundance of air is indispensable, leaving 

 the sashes and doors open every mild night, that the plants 

 may be inured to the open exposure they will have in a 

 few weeks. 



WATERING. 



As the season advances and vegetation increases, the 

 waterings will require to be more copious and more fre- 

 quent. Look over all plants minutely every day, and with 

 judicious care supply their wants. Those that are of a 

 soft shrubby nature, and in a free-growing state, will 

 require a larger portion at one time than those of a hard 

 texture, which may only want it every two or three days. 

 The weather and situation, in some instances, may require 

 a modification of these directions. Plants in general will 

 not suffer so soon from being a little dry as from being over- 

 watered. The health and beauty of the foliage of the 

 plants may be much improved by syringing them freely 

 three evenings in the week, except in moist weather, when 

 it ought not to be done. The ravages of many insects also 

 will be retarded, especially mildew and red spider, which 

 will be entirely destroyed. If the red spider is on any of 

 the plants particularly, take them aside evening and morn- 

 ing, and give them a good dashing with water through the 

 syringe. Where there is mildew, after syringing the plant, 



