OCT.] AND CONSERVATORY. 6O1 



THE GREEN-HOUSE. 



Of taking in the Plants. 



ABOUT the beginning or middle of the month, ac- 

 cording to the state of the weather, it will be pro- 

 per to take in the rest of the plants, lest they might 

 sustain injury by the falling of early frosts. The 

 pots should first be properly cleaned from earth, 

 mouldiness, &c. especially those that have been 

 plunged. They should then be top-dressed, or be 

 fresh earthed, as directed in May ; and the plants 

 should be trimmed, and be pruned of straggling 

 shoots, or dead flower-stems ; dressing such as need 

 to poles or sticks (as noticed in March,) in a natu- 

 ral looking manner, not stiff and formal ; nor stick- 

 ing others than such as do not stand pretty upright 

 of themselves, for if they do, they look better with- 

 out this aid, which certainly adds nothing to their 

 beauty. Plants affected with the scaly insect should 

 be washed with soap and water, and others should 

 be fumigated, if necessary, as directed in March. 



