256 , THE PLEASURE GROUND. 



but when it begins to get cold, the morning is the 

 more suitable time for this operation. 



The borders in which the plants are growing, 

 will also require to be plentifully supplied with 

 water, during the growing season ; but little of this 

 element will be wanted when the plants are in a 

 state of inaction, as the body of soil they are planted 

 in, will, generally, then contain a sufficiency of 

 moisture for their nourishment. The surface of these 

 borders should be frequently stirred up, and kept 

 clear of weeds, or moss, which would otherwise soon 

 make their unsightly appearance. The plants must, 

 also, be kept all neatly staked up, and the creepers 

 tied to the trellising. 



Many of the rampant growing kinds would soon 

 so far encroach on those of a more delicate habit, 

 as, in a short time, to smother them up ; they 

 should, therefore, be kept in due bounds with the 

 knife, and not allowed to stifle or injure those ad- 

 joining them, of a less robust nature. I should, how- 

 ever, recommend the Conservatory borders to be di- 

 vided into several compartments, in order that such 

 species as bear a relative affinity with each other in 

 growth, may be planted together ; thus forming a 

 clump of the beautiful varieties of the Camelliece, one 

 for the splendid genus Ericece, another for the Gera- 

 niacecEi as also for the Proteacece, and so on, for 

 some of the equally grand and interesting species of 

 other genera ; observing to plant the larger growing 

 sorts in the centre, or back of the house, and ar- 

 ranging the clumps, so as to have the most delicate 

 and valuable kinds towards the best situation of the 



