June.] FLOWER GARDEN. 427 
hoe, cutting them up within the ground and raking them oflf imme- 
diately. 
Examine the evergreens and flowering shrubs, and where any 
have made disorderly shoots, let such be cut clean out or shortened, 
as you may deem expedient, in order to preserve the heads in due 
form and of an elegant appearance. 
fVatering. 
Occasional waterings must be given to all your late planted 
shrubs and flowers, and particularly to the annual, perennial, and 
biennial flower plants newly planted out into nursery beds. 
Your entire stock of plants in pots and boxes, seedlings and 
others, must be watered as often as the earth about them becomes 
dry and unfriendly to vegetation? and your carnation and other 
layers must be duly attended to in this respect to preserve the earth 
about them moderately moist, and only so. 
For some useful observations in respect to watering, see page 390. 
Grass and Gravel-Walks. 
The grass and gravel-walks, &c., must be treated constantly 
during the summer and autumn, as directed in page 400. 
THE GREEN-HOUSE. 
General care of the Green-House Plants, 
The plants being now out and fully exposed to the air, v/ill re^ 
quire a constant supply of water? it is impossible to say how often 
it ought to be administered, or how much should be given at a time, 
as the state of weather, the different constitutions and habits of the 
plants, and also the size of the pots or tubs as well as of the plants 
themselves, make a material difference in that respect. The only 
true guide is the state of the earth in the pots or tubs, which should 
always be kept moist and in a proper condition to promote and 
encourage vegetation. In very hot weather, the plants that are in 
small pots will require some water both morning and evening, at 
other times once a day will be sufiicient; but as the plants have no 
other nourishment but what they extract from the earth within the 
pots or tubs, it ought to be a general rule to keep it constantly 
moist, but not too wet. 
The best water for this purpose is such as is taken from rivers 
or ponds where it is fully exposed to the sun and air, so that if you 
have no other than spring or well water, it should always be ex- 
posed in cisterns, &c. to the sun and air at least twenty-four hours 
before it is used. 
