340 APPENDIX. 



Compost for Camellias, Pelargoniums, Roses, and most plants, 

 may be made of the following ingredients : 



1 part river or sea sand. 



1 " leaf mould. 



1 " well rotted manure from old hot-beds. 



1 " peat. 



2 " turf or garden mould. 



Or, if no leaf mould, 



1 part sand. 



2 " well rotted manure. 



1 " peat. 



2 " turf or garden mould. 



If there is no peat, substitute turf or garden mould. 

 For Cactus : 



2 parts coarse sand. 



3 " leaf and turf mould. 



1 " peat, and 1 oz. broken plaster. 



For Azaleas, Ericas, and most New Holland plants : 



4 parts peat. 



2 " sand. 



1 " garden or turf mould. 

 1 leaf do. 



After the plants have done flowering in the spring, and as soon 

 as the frosts are over, the pot should be plunged in the ground in 

 a shady place, and watered sparingly during the summer. The 

 great object during the summer will be to keep the plants at rest, 

 so that they may bloom with greater vigor in the winter. They 

 must not be suffered, however, to dry up, excepting the bulbous 

 roots ; these may remain in the shade without water, as the moist- 

 ure would start them prematurely. 



POTTING PLANTS. 



By the middle of August, or the first of September, the plants 



