Apr.] The G R e e n - l4 o u s e, ^9^ 



More of the plants will now be ihooting fraely ; they 

 muil not, therefore, be kept too clofe, for that would 

 weal^en the (hoots, and render the phmtsin general fo ex- 

 tremely tender, that they would not be able to bear the 

 open air well, when they are firil: brought forth for the 

 funimer feafon. 



Therefore, open the green-houfe windows every morn* 

 ing, more or lefs, when the air is mild and calm, about 

 an hour or two after fun-rifmg, and let them continue open 

 till within an hour, or lefs, of the fwn's fetting; that is> 

 if the air continues mild till that time of the evening. 



Watering. 



Water mufi: now be duly given to the plants^ in general^ 

 according as they Hand in need thereof. 



The orange and lemon-trees will require that article 

 often. Alfo the myrtles, oleanders, amomum Plinii, and 

 ciHufes, and all other plants of the woody kinds, will re-- 

 quire to be frequently refreihed with moderate water- 

 ings. 



But the plants in general muft be often looked over, ta 

 fee where water is wanted ; and let all fuch pots and tubs 

 as Hand in need of it, be properly fupplied therewith, far 

 this is now a- very neceifary article. 



But in watering the green-houfe plants, let it be given 

 to all l^inds with moderation^ but el'pecially while they are 

 in the houfe, and particularly the more fucculent kinds. 

 , As to the fucculent plants of this department, fuch^as 

 aloes, fedums, opuntias, euphorbiums, craiTulas, &c. they 

 being naturally replete with humidity-, do not require 

 much water: giving it only moderately at times, when 

 the earth in the pots appears xtvy dry; as too much 

 moiilure would rot fome of the very iucculent kind. 



Shifting Plants into larger Ptts, 

 Orange, lemon, citron, and myrtle-trees, and any 

 other of the green-houfe plants, may iHil be fnifted into 

 larger pots, where they require it. 



Let thofe plants which are to be Ihifted, be brought out 



of the houfe, in a mild day; then take them out of the 



pots, or tubs, with the ball of earth entire about their 



roots ; ^nd let the matted and decayed roots, on the out- 



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