136 THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



us that want of water, which is always prejudicial to this tree, may 

 even result in a complete loss of leaf. There are two plans for 

 avoiding the ill effects of too abundant watering, and the first is 

 to plant in soils which allow the water to run away freely, the 

 second is to use boxes with sides that can be opened from time to 

 time to enable the roots to be seen. 



In May, and if possible during cloudy weather, all plants in the 



orangery are transferred to sunny and sheltered places outside. The 



pots, if small, will have to be plunged, as this 



Summer keeps the roots in good condition. In this, as 

 cultivation. i ^ 



in other cases where the plants are in pots or 



boxes, we shall have occasionally to give some manure, and weak 



Orangery, Holm Lacey, Hereford. 



liquid manure gives good results. This is the Belgian method, 

 and one of its effects is that it enables us to postpone re- 

 potting of the plants and permits of the employment of smaller 

 boxes and vases as compared with the size of the trees. In the 

 nurseries of Ghent and in France, too, we often see Sweet Bays 

 with heads more than a yard in width, whilst the tubs they are in 

 scarcely measure 20 inches in diameter, and under such conditions 

 the plants thrive for years without enlargement of the tubs or change 

 of soil, thanks to feeding with liquid manure. 



The same things may be said of the plants in the cool house, 

 or any house in which we store almost half-hardy Palms, Cycads, 

 Tree Ferns, or other plants which may with advantage pass a few 



