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ment of the cultivator, to perform earlier or later than the 

 time specified in these general directions. 



Water in the morning until the M'-eather has become settled 

 and warm ; when it is so, the afternoon or evening will be 

 preferable. 



We make a point of going over the plants with the water- 

 pot once a day ; but in drying weather, w^e run our eye over 

 them two or three times a day, and water as many as have 

 become dry ; for which purpose a pot of liquid manure is 

 kept standing by the frame. If only one plant requires it, it 

 does not go without. 



These little details, when fully carried out, cause the 

 blooms from some gardens to be so much finer than the same 

 kinds from other places ; so much so, as scarcely to be recog- 

 nized as the same varieties. 



By the middle of this month the weather is usually so 

 warm, that the frames containing the plants in pots should 

 be reversed, so as to face the north, w^iich will help to keep 

 them cooler, and the most favorable spot should be selected 

 to this end. As before recommended, keep the lights pidled 

 hack on all occasions when the weather ic ill permit : but pre- 

 vious to an exhibition, much care and attention will be 

 necessary, as more flowers will be made unfit for competition 

 by friction from the wind than from any other cause. It 

 will be evident that the larger and finer the blooms are, the 

 more liable they will be to get blown about. Yet, to keep 

 the lights constantly on, would soon spoil the succession- 

 blooms, by drawing the plants. 



The same directions will answer for watering the beds ; 

 they will not, of course, require it so often. 



When in flower, the plants should not be watered over 

 head, particularly if blooms are likely to be required at no 

 distant period. 



The principal exhibitions for this flower will take place 

 about this time; to succeed at which, care must be taken of 

 blooms that will be in at a given day. To do this, a little 

 shading will be necessary. Those that are in the habit of 

 growing dahlias, carnations, or pinks, for exhibition, will 

 have ample means for this purpose. Shades made of tin, 

 pasteboard, canvass, or small handglasses, will be found 



