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sably necessary; and also, to water them twice, 

 or thrice a day when first potted, observing to 

 wet the leaves as little as possible. 



By the middle of June, it will be time to 

 think of preparing the out-door departments, in 

 which it is intended the plants should stand 

 during the summer months. 



The most eligible situations for this purpose 

 are, the north aspect of vacant walls, or hedges, 

 where they will be a little shaded from the 

 noon-day sun, or between rows of close hedges 

 particularly planted, and solely appropriated to 

 this purpose. I can by no means espouse, or 

 recommend the practice, of setting them close 

 under the shade or branches of large trees ; as 

 the plants are thereby inevitably drawn into a 

 weak state in a few weeks, and those who 

 adopt such situations, are not unfrequently 

 under the disagreeable necessity of throwing 

 away many, of perhaps their most rare plants, 

 every Autumn ; and even those that remain 

 will have a bad unsightly appearance. Indeed 

 shelter from the winds, is the great desidera- 

 tum, to prevent their being upset ; for in my 

 opinion, most green-house plants are fond of 

 the warmth of the sun ; except when recently 



