June, July.'] GREEX-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 themselves, that they may be the more strictly 
attended to in watering and syringing. An airy situation, 
where the sun has little effect upon them, is the best. They 
should be syringed every 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 AXD 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 syringings 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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