590 THE GREEN-HOUSE. [JULY. 



rally then dp,) the more delicate kinds of plants not 

 plunged, the succulent tribes, and all that might be 

 hurt by too much moisture, should be laid over on 

 their sides for the time ; thus preventing the earth 

 in the pots from being saturated with water, and 

 the roots of the plants from being injured. 



THE CONSERVATORY. 



Of the Admission of Air. 



The house may now stand open night and day, 

 and that to its fullest extent, in mild serene wea- 

 ther. In worse weather, however, it should be shut 

 up at night ; and always in the time of heavy 

 rains, in order to defend the borders from too much 

 wet. 



Of Watering, <$c. 



In sultry weather, the borders must be plentifully 

 supplied with water, especially those in an esta- 

 blished house, where the plants have arrived to a 

 large size; whose roots are perhaps spread over the 

 whole surface, and have reached to the bottom of 

 the soil. In such, the borders should now be mo- 

 derately watered every evening, or plentifully every 

 second evening, first by the watering-pot ; after- 

 wards syringing the foliage well, or watering it with 

 the engine, if necessary for the suppression of the 

 red spider. 



