WB — THISB i^S WEEK* 



STOVE AND OKCHID-HOUSE. 



Feens. — Sow the seeds, or spores, when ripe. A con- 

 venient sized pot to be filled with sandy peat, finishing 

 with a few rough lumpy pieces to form an uneven sur- 

 face. The seeds to be shaken over the tops and sides of 

 these pieces of soil, by which there is more probability of 

 some of them vegetating than if they had been sown on 

 a level surface where the whole of the seed would be 

 subjected to the same kind of treatment, which might 

 with ordinary care be either too wet or too dry. The 

 pot to be set in a sauce? that contains a little water, 

 which will feed the whole mass with sufficient moisture 

 without a drop being required on the surface of the pot. 

 The seedlings succeed best in a cool part of the stove 

 where evaporation can be most effectually prevented : 

 but they do not like to be continually kept close under a 

 bell-glass. 



FQECIN&-H0U3ES. 



Cucumbees. — Top dress the plants in pots or boxes 

 with leaf mould, supplying those that are rooting freely 

 with an abundance of atmospheric moisture, and free 

 circulation of air, stopping at every second joint, and 

 setting the fruit as the blossom expands. 



Steawbeeeies. — It is usual, when the stock of plants 

 in pots is large, to lay them on their sides on the south 

 side of a wall or fence, packed in dry coal ashes s and 

 topped with boards, or any other such covering, to pro- 

 tect them from heavy falls of rain until they are wanted 

 for forcing. 



FOUETH WEEK. 



geeenhouse and conseevatoby. 

 As fresh air is indispensable for the health of plants, 

 and as fogs occur about this time, it is essential to apply 

 a little fire-heat during the day, to expel damps, and to 

 cause a desirable activity in the circulation of the air. 

 Attend to cleanliness, picking off dead leaves, and the 

 destruction of insects. 



