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GREEN-HOUSE AND CONSERVATORY. 



JUNE. 



VENTILATION. 



The doors, sashes, or other parts of the conservatory, that 

 are capable of being opened, should now be kept open most 

 of the day, except in the case of very cold or windy days, as 

 the plants will require now all the fresh air that it is possible 

 to admit to them. Conservatories that are for the most part 

 portable now begin to show their character, and may be by the 

 middle of the month removed. 



The plants which now occupy the green-house, if the hints 

 given last month have been acted on, will require to be ven- 

 tilated according to the state of the weather. It is yet only on 

 fine days that the sashes can be safely opened to any extent, 

 or for any length of time, as the temporary inmates are im- 

 patient of much cold. But as the end of the month advances, 

 it may be more freely indulged in, as they will have become 

 hardier by that time, as well as that the season will have be- 

 come more genial. 



CARE OF GREEN-HOUSE PLANTS SET OUT LAST MONTH. 



Watering must be attended to as the state of the weather 

 demands it ; during droughts, these plants will require mucli 

 more water than they did while in the house, as evaporation 

 goes on more rapidly. In time of wet or cloudy weather, they 

 should be less liberally supplied with it, as the same process 

 goes on more slowly. Any of the plants that may have been 

 over-watered, or are become too wet from rain, bad draining, 

 or other causes, should be turned over on their sides, or placed 

 in exposed situations, until they become sufficiently dried up. 

 They should then be examined by being turned out of the 

 pots ; and if imperfectly drained, should be repotted, and af- 

 terwards replaced in their former situation. Such as require 

 to be supported, should be neatly tied up, and all dead leaves 

 picked off. The surface of the pots should also be kept per- 

 fectly clean and free from weeds, and be occasionally stirred 



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