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(the latter especially) where they can at 

 the same time be protected from heavy 

 rains. Fumigate whenever green fly ap- 

 pears ; for, if suffered to get the upper 

 hand, it soon disfigures the plant. 



Plants Going Out of Bloom. Specimens 

 and choice plants nearly done blooming 

 should have the faded blooms picked off, 

 and be well washed with the syringe ; they 

 should be placed in a cool, shady situation 

 to recover themselves before potting, 

 which, as before advised, should on no 

 account take place until a fresh growth has 

 commenced. 



Shading, &>c. Shading will be necessary 

 to all descriptions of plant houses, unless 

 the roofs are covered with creepers ; paths, 

 floors, &c., keep damp by throwing water 

 over them, to preserve something like 

 humidity in the atmosphere of the house, 

 which, under the extreme dryness of the 

 external air, is extremely difficult to keep 

 up. 



Treatment of Plants Placed Out. 

 Plants, when placed out, should be plunged 

 in ashes, or have the space between the 

 pots filled with moss ; and those plants in 

 the house which have their pots most 

 exposed should be inserted in larger ones, 

 and the space filled with moss, sawdust, 

 &c. This will prevent excessive evapora- 

 tion from the soil containing the roots, 

 through the sides of the pots, and will save 

 many plants from being lost during very 

 hot weather. 



June. Hothouse, Work in. 



Climbing Plants. About the second 

 week, stove and conservatory climbers will 

 require attention to keep the current year's 

 shoots within proper limits. Avoid any- 

 thing like formality in arranging the 

 branches. If at the winter regulation of 

 the plants the main shoots were trained 

 to occupy the desired position, the young \ 

 wood may be allowed considerably tol 



follow its natural mode of growth, if this 

 does not create confusion, which is equally 

 as much to be guarded against as a strict 

 formality. Hardenbergias, Kennedyas, &c., 

 may slightly be cut back, after blooming, 

 to induce a new growth. 



Fires. At the latter end of the month, 

 as the solar light will be approaching the 

 maximum point, and solar heat also, fires 

 may be discontinued in the hothouses, 

 except on the evenings of wet days, when 

 a little fire will be necessary to allow of 

 admitting air freely in the morning. As 

 plants at this season will be making way 

 fast, air must be admitted liberally, which, 

 in conjunction with light, will help to 

 arrest the rapid growth of those plants 

 whose disposition to bloom mainly depends 

 on a free exposure to both at the same 

 time. 



Orchids. Orchids will now be making 

 free growth, and as solar light and heat 

 are approaching the maximum point, an 

 atmosphere humid in proportion must be 

 maintained. The paths, walls, &c. , should 

 be frequently damped on bright days, and 

 the plants gently dewed over once or 

 twice daily. Air may now be given more 

 liberally, moderating its admission, how- 

 ever, so as to prevent strong currents of 

 air blowing on the plants. Shade regularly 

 in bright weather, placing such plants that 

 bear a pretty free exposure to the sun's 

 rays in the lightest part of the house, 

 Make it a rule to examine plants in baskets, 

 &c., that the necessary dampness of the 

 growing material may be uniform, for 

 nothing tends more to check the growth 

 of orchids than want of attention to this in 

 the growing season. Zygopetalums, cyr- 

 topodiums, and other terrestrial genera, 

 will be benefited by being plunged ia 

 bottom heat during the season of active 

 growth. 



Prolongation of Blooming Period. Re- 

 move to houses with a north aspect, <M 



