FOURTH WEEK IN MARCH 



they should remain being thoroughly supplied with water 

 every morning, and syringed every dry evening until the 

 end of September, when they will have completed the ripen- 

 ing of their new growths, and should be covered with embyro 

 buds. 



A moist position in the greenhouse (not over the hot- 

 water pipes) will now suit them, and they will bloom early 

 or late, according to the amount of warmth they receive. 

 Heaths (ericas), rhododendrons, and other flowering shrubs 

 which grow in peat may be treated on the same lines, such 

 as epacrises, kalmias, Azalea mollis, as well as the crimson 

 bottle-brush of Australia (Callistemon speciosus), tremandras, 

 &c. Where blights give trouble, the plants should be placed 

 on their sides and syringed so as to reach the lower surface 

 of the leaves every few days until clean, using warm Sun- 

 light soap and water, and clean warm water alternately each 

 day for a week. 



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