596 THE GREEN-HOUSE [SEPT. 



THE GREEN-HOUSE. 



Of taking in Tender Plants, Succulents, &c. 



ABOUT the middle of the month, sooner or later, 

 according to the state of the weather, it will be 

 proper to take in many tender plants, that other- 

 wise might sustain injury ; as the nights get cold, 

 and frosts or cold dews now begin to fall. The 

 succulent kinds should also be taken in, the weather 

 being now too cold and humid for their remaining 

 longer out of doors without being injured. 



Previous to placing the plants in the house, they 

 should be properly dressed, and the pots should be 

 cleaned from dirt or a green mouldiness that often 

 adheres to them in damp seasons, as will be more 

 particularly noticed next month. Any of them 

 that were not shifted last month, when the plants 

 were generally revised, may be shifted at this time 

 if thought necessary, before taking them in. The 

 stages, for their reception, must be cleared of such 

 of the annuals as have done flowering, as the early 

 balsams, &c. or by returning the stove plants to 



