300 
No need to build a potting shed for the heating plant — ff 
this boiler is placed in a nearby building. 
You might do the same. 
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their plants into as small a pot as possible, 
but I believe this is bad, because the plants 
need some space in which to grow, and if the 
pot is small, it is impossible to water them 
properly. When potting, put the coarsest 
part of the soil next to the drainage, with the 
finer part above it, and around the plant, so 
inserting it that the bottom (be it rooted 
plant or cutting) is only a very little below 
the surface of the soil. After potting, give 
a little water, to settle the soil, and no more 
ordinarily until the plant begins to grow. 
Lightly syringe on all bright days. If the 
potting is done in early summer, and the 
plants are plunged outdoors, the water which 
they receive from the syringing will be 
sufficient for all their needs until growth 
begins. 
IMPROPER WATERING AND ROT 
Too much watering, or too rich and heavy 
a soil, will cause rotting of the plant at the 
soil line—the commonest cause of loss in 
amateur collections. This can only be 
avoided by watching, and giving water only 
when the soil becomes dry. When you do 
water, give enough to thoroughly dampen all 
the soil in the pot. 
WHEN TO REPOT 
A properly potted plant will not need 
shifting for some years, and will do all the 
better for not having the roots disturbed. 
If the soil becomes water-logged, or sour 
(perhaps growing moss) repot at once. 
Mealy bug sometimes attacks the roots. As 
soon as it 1s detected, shake the soil from 
the roots, and thoroughly wash them in 
clean water, repotting in a clean pot and new, 
clean soil. 
INSECTS ON THE STEMS 
The most likely insect pests are red spider, 
thrip, scales, and mealy bug. The two 
latter are easily brushed off with a small 
brush, but if the stems are frequently 
syringed with clear water, soap suds, 
tobacco water, or a solution of fir tree oil, 
none of these pests will give serious trouble. 
The red spider will never appear if watering 
is frequent enough. The fir tree oil pre- 
vents thrips. 
Cactuses are not helped by rich feeding. 
The only exceptions to this rule are old 
plants of night blooming cereus, and the 
crab cactus (Epiphyllum), which occasional 
waterings with weak manure water (about 
half the strength used for other plants) will 
benefit. 
IDEAL GROWING CONDITIONS 
The ideal place for cactuses in winter is a 
rather damp greenhouse, but they will thrive 
in the window garden, so long as they never 
get frozen. Try to keep the night tempera- 
ture about fifty degrees. The drying of the 
soils under ordinary house conditions makes 
watering in winter a necessity. Planted 
out in a greenhouse, their requirements 
are very much less. The window gardener 
must remember that although they are desert 
plants, they do not naturally grow in small 
pots, exposed to drying draughts of desic- 
cated hot air. 
The growth of the plants will be improved | 
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