THE GREEN-HOUSE, 



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with a moderate degree of vigour. Tliese plants 

 require to be potted in rich loamy soil in moderate - 

 sized pots ; which in the case of plants with long 

 upright foot- stalks to the leaves should be placed a 

 foot or more under water ; while others with slender 

 floating foot-stalks, as MenyantJies, should be set on 

 shelves or other supports so as to raise the brim of 

 the pots to within an inch or two of the surface. A 

 small but daily supply of fresh water, and occasional 

 clearing from slime or other dirt that happens to 

 accumulate, is all the culture such plants require. 

 They are generally increased by dividing at the root ; 

 and some few, as the Trdpa, ripen seeds. 



Sect. VIII. Management of Town Green-Jioiises, 

 and of Plants in Chambers at Routs. 



Town green-houses are generally on a small scale, 

 and seldom accompanied by sheds for potting and 

 shifting, stocks of mould, and a platform for setting 

 out the plants in summer : if they Avere, it is probable 

 these adjuncts would be of very little use, for no 

 green-house plant will ever thrive in a town where 

 fossil coal is generally consumed. All that can be 

 said with advantage on town green-houses might be 

 comprised in very few words : viz. that the only way 

 to have them look well is to agree with a nursery- 

 man to keep up a supply of verdant flowering plants 

 for such a part of the year as the family is in town. 

 We are confident there is no other mode that will be 



