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each play their beneficent part in the proper ripening of 
the wood. See page 50 for compost. 
Autumn Treatment.— The housing of the plants should 
take place in the latter half of September, and no plants 
should be allowed to stand outside after the buds have 
shown colour. A great many growers grow their plants 
quite well until they are housed, and then, through the 
mistake of trying to crowd too many plants in the gl^ss 
structure their good work of many months is largely 
undone. The plants must have plenty of room in the 
glass structure, so that their wants may be attended to, 
and that a healthy state of affairs may be ensured under 
glass. 
The fast opening buds must be shielded from brilliant 
sunshine, and with this object in view, it is a good plan 
to erect a tiffany screen on the inside of the roof to run 
on rings sown on to the selvedge edge of the tiffany, so 
that this shading material can be drawn backwards and 
forwards as and when required. This is very important, 
as many dull days prevail in the autumn, and where per- 
manent shading is placed on the glass, this is always to 
the detriment of the flowers. 
Feeding should begin immediately the large final pots 
are filled with roots, and this is usually determined by the 
ready way in which the ball of soil and roots becomes 
dry. Never water an absolutely dry plant with manure 
water. First apply clear water, and let this be absorbed 
by the soil and roots, and follow with manure water sub- 
sequently. Manure water should never be given in strong 
doses. Weak liquid manure applied once or twice a 
week at the beginning, and increased gradually, until 
manure water may be applied regularly, is the better rule 
to observe. The character of the manure water should 
vary from time to time, as the plants like a change of 
diet, and readily respond to this consideration for their 
well-being. The application of liquid manures usually 
