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requires some care, it will, I think, be advisable to state briefly the 
points that should be attended to in the work of housing them. 
In tlie first place, unless the pots have stood very evenly upon 
some smooth hard surface, it is more than probable that some worms 
have collected in them, and, in every case where there is a doubt 
about it, means should be adopted to fi’ce the soil in the pots of 
these intruders. The simplest, and therefore the best means of 
doing this is to dissolve a peck of fresh lime in about twelve gallons 
of water. Let this stand until the water becomes clear, when it 
may be used with perfect safety ; each plant should be thoroughly 
moistened with this clear lime-water, which will soon bring the 
worms to the surface, when, as they come up, they must be removed. 
The next point of imporlance in connection with housing these 
plants for the winter is to see that they are not taken into the house 
with their roots suffering for the want of water. It sometimes 
happens in dry autumns, when the plants have been standing in 
sheltered situations, that they become very dry at the roots. In 
this case ordinary waterings are not sufficient to thoroughly moisten 
the whole ball of earth, and this is especially the case with large 
plants standing in tubs and large pots. Many persons seem to forget 
that when such plants are thickly studded with branches and luxu- 
'riant leaves that extend far over the dimensions of the pots or tubs, 
that an ordinary shower of rain does not find its way to the roots 
of the plants, on account of the leaves and branches which extend 
beyond the pot, and carry it over the point to which the tub or pot 
extends. 
Many times I have seen plants suffering for the want of water 
under similar circumstances, when those whose duty it was to see 
that they were properly attended to, thought that sufficient rain had 
fallen to well water them. Indeed, I cannot too strongly urge upon 
the cultivator the importance of giving proper attentiou to this 
matter, when taking his plants into the house for the winter. As 
to the time of attending to it, it does not matter whether it is done 
immediately before or after they are taken indoors, but they ought 
not to be allowed to go unattended to many days after they are put 
in their winter quarters. With very large plants in tubs or large 
pots, more care is necessary, as the watering will have to be re- 
peated for two or three successive days, if they are very dry. But 
with smaller plants the work may be done at once, by placing the 
pot in a tub of water, and allowing it to remain there two or three 
minutes. 
The next important matter is to see that they are not subjected 
to any great change, or it may be the means of causing them to cast 
their buds. It would be bad management, directly they are taken 
into the house, to keep them shut up close and warm ; there should 
be a current of air kept up through the house night and day for at 
least a week. The next week the house should be open all the time 
there is daylight, as any coddling at this stage will be liable to prove 
an injury to the plants. 
Every Camellia, whether in the north or south of England, 
should be housed by the end of September, as the drenching rains 
September. 
