592 THE GREEN-HOUSE [AUG. 



August 



THE GREEN-HOUSE. 



General care of the Plants. 



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THE plants, whether within or without doors, 

 plunged or otherwise, must be duly attended to, in 

 every respect, as directed in the two preceding 

 months, till about the middle of this, or previous to 

 the operation now to be advised ; which is that 



Of potting or shifting the Plants. 

 I observed in March, that about the middle of 

 that month} and about the middle of August, are 

 the two seasons most proper for generally revising 

 the plants, for the purpose of shifting or fresh-pot- 

 ting them. Some, in order to save trouble, choose 

 to do this at two periods of the season very diffe- 

 rent, viz. at setting out the plants, in May or June, 

 and at taking them in, in September or October. 

 My reasons for deviating from these rules are, first, 

 that by shifting the plants in March, in the open- 

 ing of the season as it were, they make fresh roots, 

 while yet in the house ; and so can better endure 





