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on my face just what the temperature was, and govern myself 

 accordingly, without looking at the mercury any longer. 



How to manage the watering, I learned with equal facility, 

 by observing the following rules : 



Never water a plant till it requires it. 



Always water thoroughly. Fill tlje pots brimfull. 



The borders need water whenever the surface becomes 

 dry. 



The pot plants are to be watered whenever the surface 

 soil becomes dry or the pot becomes light-colored. The 

 water must be enriched with guano, or some other fertilizer, 

 twice a week, and applied with a watering-pot to the helio- 

 trope, roses, and bouvardia. Once a week all the plants 

 must be showered when the sun is. shining brightly. 



Time to water, the morning. 



Among other things, I took my tuberoses into the plant- 

 house. As they were quite tall, I was obliged to stand 

 them on the walk. They came into flower soon after com- 

 ing into the house, and, although they did not bear half a 

 crop, yet I cut an average of fifty cents' worth from each bulb. 



The deutzia, astilbe, and liliums I bought in the city, 

 and, when they arrived, stored them in the house cellar. 



The deutzia is a hardy shrub, and the astilbe is a her- 

 baceous plant. They came packed in damp moss, and I 

 placed them on the cellar floor and covered the roots with 

 soil to prevent their drying. The lilium candidum is a 

 hardy bulb, and came in a paper box, quite dry. I potted 



