8 GREENHOUSE MANAGEMENT. 



set twelve to sixteen inches apart in the rows, according 

 to the strength of the variety and whether designed for 

 one or two years' growing. Assort the plants, and use 

 the smaller ones next , the walk. Dig holes for the 

 plants with a trowel, and set the plants about as deep as 

 they grew in the pots, taking care not to break the 

 "balls," unless the plants have become pot-bound, when 

 it is well to loosen the roots. While it is always desir- 

 able to work the soil carefully into place and to press it 

 firmly about the roots, the soil between the plants should 

 be smoothed off and the surface left light. Upon slop- 

 ing benches, in particular, it is an excellent plan to 

 have depressions about the plants to hold water and 

 cause it to sink down to the roots, for the first few water- 

 ings, until the plants become established. If weeds 

 start, as they probably will in a week or ten days, the 

 soil should be stirred as soon as they appear, aud this 

 should be repeated whenever necessary to keep the beds 

 clean, until the roots fill the soil, when it should be dis- 

 continued, as it is likely to check the growth of the 

 plants by breaking the roots. 



WATERING AND VENTILATING. 



From planting time, every detail of watering and 

 ventilating should be carefully performed, as any check 

 now would seriously injure the prospect of a paying 

 crop of flowers. As soon as planted, and every bright 

 morning thereafter until established, the plants, and 

 also the walks, should be thoroughly syringed, and the 

 beds should be watered whenever they show signs of 

 drying out, but while they should not suffer from lack 

 of water, even greater pains should be observed that they 

 are not saturated. This will also aid in keeping down 

 the red spider, which only flourishes in a dry atmosphere. 

 No plant requires more care than the rose, about ventila- 

 tion. Drafts of cold air upon the foliage should always 



