178 HOT-HOUSE OF BRINGING OUT, ETC. [May. 



given all the air possible to the house, that no sudden transi- 

 tion take place, which would make the foliage brown and 

 otherwise materially injure the plants, choose calm days for 

 the removing of them. 



There are few plants while in pots that agree with the full 

 sun upon them ; or, if the plants receive the sun, the pots 

 and roots ought not. The best situation for them is on the 

 north side of a fence, wall, house, or other building, where 

 they are excluded from the mid-day sun, and they should 

 stand on boards or gravel, with the tallest at the back, firmly 

 tied to a rail, or some other security, to prevent them from 

 being overturned by high winds. Make a fanciful bed, and 

 cover it with sand or coal ashes, for the reception of the 

 smaller plants, and setting them thinly and regularly thereon 

 is preferable to crowding them with the taller sorts. And 

 it may be desired to have some of the plants plunged in the 

 garden through the flower borders. Of these that are so 

 treated, the pots -must be plunged to the brim, and regularly 

 turned round every two weeks, to prevent the roots from 

 running into the earth. If the roots were allowed to do so, 

 it might for the present strengthen the plant, but ultimately 

 would prove injurious. 



Where a sufficiency of shade cannot be obtained, it would 

 be advisable to go to the expense of a very thin awning, 

 that would not exclude the light, but merely the powerful 

 rays of the sun, attending to roll it up every evening. Plants 

 will keep in beautiful order by the above method, which 

 amply repays for the trouble or expense. Avoid putting 

 plants under trees; comparatively few thrive in such situa- 

 tions. 



When they are thus exposed to the open air, it will be very 

 little trouble to give them a gentle syringing every evening 

 when there is no rain, and continue your usual examinations 

 for insects ; when they appear, resort to the prescribed reme- 

 .dies. Green-fly will not affect them, but the thrips may. 

 Give regular supplies of water every evening, and again in the 

 morning to all that require it, carefully examining those that. 

 arv in small pots. 



