MANAGEMENT OF PLANTS. S3 
den for summer, the herbaceous and many summer 
flowering Plants can be turned out of the pots an 
planted where they are wanted to flower in the bor¬ 
ders and be tied up to sticks to prevent their getting 
broken down. The shrubby and half shrubby Plants 
as Geranium, Rose, Poinsettia, &c., are best kept in 
pots, as they are apt to lose their leaves when taken up? 
and Plants that have done flowering should be pruned, 
and any that have grown too tall and straggling should 
also be pruned, that they may become good bushy 
Plants before autumn, and all that require shifting into 
fresh soil, should now be shifted. Calm cloudy weath¬ 
er is the best time for setting them out, and the most 
sheltered situation should be chosen, but such Plants 
as flower in summer can have their pots plunged up 
to their rims in the flower borders. The Plants with 
thick coriaceous leaves as the Camellia, Daphne, Cape- 
Jasmine, Pittosporum, &c., should be placed in a 
shady situation, for if exposed to the sun their leaves 
will turn yellow and the Plant get sickly. The pots 
should also be plunged up to their rims in soil, if it is 
dry or sandy; if a wet clayey soil, it is a good plan to 
get boxes, place them on the ground, bore a few 
holes in the bottom to let out the water, and set the 
pots in the boxes, and fill in between them up to their 
rims with sand or coal ashes to keep them from dry¬ 
ing too fast, for the sun striking the sides of the pot 
is apt to injure the roots. The Cactus and other 
succulent Plants are best kept in the house or back 
shelf of the conservatory, as they require the heat but 
not much sun, and should be watered as often 
-as the soil is dry, for if placed out and they get a 
