NOV.'] GREEN-HOUSE GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 295 



NOVEMBER. 



OF AIR AND WATER. 



AIRING the house should be strictly attended to. Every 

 day that there is no frost it may be admitted largely, and 

 in time of slight frosts in smaller portions, never keeping 

 it altogether close when the sun has any effect on the inte- 

 rior temperature of the house, which should not be allowed 

 to be higher than fifty degrees. 



Water must be given in a very sparing manner. None 

 of the plants are in an active state of vegetation, conse- 

 quently it will be found that looking over them thrice a 

 week and supplying their wants will be sufficient. Suc- 

 culents will need a little once in three weeks or a month. 

 Give very moderate supplies to the Amaryllis that are 

 dormant, and keep all these bulbs in the warmest part of 

 the house. 



OF TENDER BULBS. 



Where there are tropical bulbs in the collection, and 

 there is not the convenience of a hot-house, they may be 

 very well preserved by shaking them clear of the soil. 

 Dry them properly, and place them in a box of ve.ry dry 

 sand or moss, and put them in a situation near the furnace, 

 where they will be free from damp. These can be potted 

 about the first of April. Give no water till they begin to 

 grow, then plant them in the garden about the middle of 

 May, where they will flower during the summer season, if 

 they are mature. 



GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 



If there are any of the half hardy plants exposed, have 

 them taken into the house, or under the requisite protec- 

 tion, in frames, pits, cellars, &c. The autumn flowering 



