June^ JuIyJ] green-house — observations. 269 



CAMELLIAS. 



- These plants, when they are brought from the green-house 

 (which should be about the end of June), ought to be set in 

 a situation by themselveSj that they may be the more strictly 

 attended to in watering and syringing. An airy situation, 

 where the sun has little eJffect upon them^ is the best. They 

 should be syringed e\»2ry evening when there has been no 

 ' rain through the day. After heavy rains examine the pots^ 

 and where water is found, turn the plant on its side for a 

 few hours to let the water pass off, and then examine the 

 draining in the bottom of the pots^ which must be defective. 



CAPE BULBS. 



As soon as these are done flowering, and the foliage begins 

 to decay, cease watering, and turn the pots on their sides, 

 ' until the soil is perfectly dry ] then take out the bulbs, and 

 preserve them dry until the time of planting, which will be 

 about the end of August or first of September. 



JUNE AND JULY. 



The plants being out of the house, there need be little 

 added under this head. Their treatment is in the general, 

 and the required attention is in giving water according to 

 their different constitutions and habits. Where there is no 

 rain nor river water, it should stand at least one day in butts 

 or cisterns, to take the chilly air from it, and become softened 

 by the surrounding atmosphere. This is more essential to 

 the health of the plants than is generally supposed. The 

 small plants in dry weather will need water evening and 

 morning. Continue regular sy ringings as directed last month. 

 There are frequently rains continuing for several days, 

 which will materially injure many plants if they are not 

 turned on their sideS; or defended by sash or shutterS; until 



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