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MANAGEMENT OF PLANTS* 
MANAGEMENT OF PLANTS IN 
CONSERVATORIES. 
The collection of Plants in conservatories attached 
to the house is generally of a miscellaneous kind, some 
few probably Stove Plants, though the greater part of 
them Greenhouse plants, and some that are hardy or 
frame plants, and many that are kept to set out in the 
Garden in summer. Now in placing the Plants in 
the house for winter, it is requisite to set such Plants 
as require the sun and light along the front shelf 
next the window, as Geraniums, Heliotrope, Roses, 
Cineraria, Primulas, Heaths, and all plants with 
light thin leaves. Plants with thick leaves as Or¬ 
ange, Lemon, Camellia, Daphne, &c., can be placed 
at the back next the wall of the house ; the Cactus and 
other succulent Plants on the shelf over them, as they 
require the heat but not so much sun, and the more 
hardy Plants as Carnations, Violets, Verbenas, &c., 
also the small bulbous Plants as Oxalis, Ixia, &c„ 
can be placed on the upper shelf or sides. The Stove 
Plants should be placed near the part where the heat 
is admitted, or in the warmest part of the house, and 
Plants that do not grow much in winter can be put 
under the front shelf, and the remainder where it is 
most convenient to place them. The management 
will be very similar to that of a Greenhouse. 
When the Plants are first set in the Fall they 
should have as much air every fine day as can be 
admitted, and watered as they become dry. When 
the nights get colder and frost is expected, a little 
