How to manage a Garden 



which it is grown. A plant in a hothouse will require 

 more water than one in a cool house. A plant whose 

 roots have well filled their pot will require more than 

 one just potted. More water will be needed in hot, dry, 

 than in dull, weather ; and more in summer than in winter. 

 Do not give water to a plant until you are certain it is 

 required. If you are doubtful, it is safer to refrain from 

 watering. There are several methods of discovering whether 

 a plant is in need of water. If it wilts, or flags ; if its 

 leaves are unduly soft and flabby; if, when lifted, it is 

 found to be very light ; if the soil looks and feels dusty ; 

 if it gives forth a decidedly hollow sound when the pot 

 is sharply rapped. When a plant has been allowed to 

 become unduly dry, the best remedy is to stand it for 

 some time in a bucket of water. Use water which is 

 approximately of the same temperature as the house. If 

 there is a tank within the house there will be no difficulty 

 in this matter. During the summer months, watering 

 should be done chiefly in the afternoon, and in the 

 morning during the winter. Soft water is decidedly 

 superior to hard. 



Shading. 



Although the sun's rays do much good to all plants, it 

 is nevertheless certain that there are many plants which 

 cannot withstand its full glare. These, of course, have 

 to be shaded during the hottest part of the day. With 

 this necessity arises a difficulty. The material used for 

 shading should not be too thick. Something in the 

 nature of canvas is what is required. This, it will be seen, 

 breaks the fierceness of the sun's rays but does not greatly 

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