528 THE GREEN-HOUSE. [SEPT, 



the hardy sorts out as long as there is no danger of their being at- 

 tacked by frost. 



Some people are desirous to keep out their plants as long as possi- 

 ble ; this is very right, but it ought not to be extended to too hazard- 

 ous a period, for one night's frost would cause the leaves to lose 

 their fine green color, which perhaps might not be restored during 

 the whole winter, and if any way severe, serious injury might be sus- 

 tained. 



If the windows and doors are kept open day and night, as long as 

 there is safety in so doing, the plants will be nearly as well off as if 

 in the open air, and no danger is encountered : the mere difference 

 of five or six days in the taking in of the plants will insure safety ; 

 but on the other hand, it is not right to be too precipitate in housing 

 them before the common appearance of the weather indicates the 

 necessity. 



For further particulars respecting the housing of the plants, see 

 next month, which is the period for doing that business in the middle 

 States. 



In the middle and other States where frosts do not frequently ap- 

 pear before the middle of October, the plants are to be taken care of 

 as directed in the preceding months ; observing to decrease the usual 

 supply of water in proportion to the moistness and coldness of the 

 weather, for the administering of it too copiously when there is not 

 a necessity, would be very injurious. And let it be particularly ob- 

 served, that as soon as the cold nights set in, which may be about 

 the middle of this month or sooner, the water must be given to the 

 plants in the morning, for if given late in the afternoon as in the 

 preceding months, the chill occasioned by it and the coldness of the 

 nights, would change the color of the foliage from a fine green to a 

 yellowish cast, whereby much of their beauty would be lost, as well 

 as the plants themselves in some degree injured. 



If any are in want of larger pots or tubs, they may be shifted in 

 the beginning of this month, but on no account defer it later, that 

 the plants may have time to strike some fresh roots before winter. 

 And if, in consequence of a bad state of health, any had been planted 

 in baskets in the borders as recommended on page 454, they must, 

 early in this month, be taken up and re-potted ; observing to take 

 them up carefully, to trim off the wide extended roots, cut the bas- 

 kets away, and plant them with the entire balls in the pots or tubs 

 destined for their reception ; after which give them water and place 

 them in some shady warm situation, till the time for housing them. 



Any young green-house plants raised this or last year from seeds, 

 slips, cuttings, or suckers, and that are growing too close together in 

 pots, &c., should, if well rooted, be transplanted in the early part of 

 this month into pots, singly, and be immediately watered and placed 

 in the shade for a week or two ; or of such as are very small, two, 

 three, or more may be planted in a pot, and treated in like manner. 

 But those that have been raised from slips or cuttings and that are 

 not well rooted, and consequently not much advanced in top-growth, 

 should be suffered to remain in their present pots till spring or au- 

 tumn next. 



