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MANAGEMENT OF PLANTS*. 
shower of rain on them and the sun should shine 
out hot afterwards, it scorches them and causes them 
to get spotted and decay. The fall and winter Bulb- 
ous dowering Plants, as the leaves die off, should 
be kept dry till they begin to grow. A shelf in the 
cellar is a good place to keep them in during sum¬ 
mer. While the Plants in pots are out of doors, they 
should be regularly syringed with water in dry wea¬ 
ther as late as possible in the afternoon. Many per¬ 
sons find it more difficult to keep their Plants in sum¬ 
mer than in winter; the principal cause is allowing 
the soil in the pots to become too dry before they are 
watered, owing to the sun striking against the sides of 
the pot and scorching their roots, for when they are 
injured by drought, their roots usually decay on the 
application of water. 
When a Plant appears sickly, it should be taken out 
of the pot and the roots examined, and all that are 
decayed should be cut off, and the Plant repotted in 
fresh soil and kept a little moist, but not too wet, 
and if not much injured, it will soon recover. When 
Plants are kept too wet or in too damp a situation, 
worms are apt to get in their pots, doing them injury 
by heaving the soil out of the pots, and injuring the 
fibres of the roots. If the plants are small, they may be 
taken out of the pots and the worms picked out of 
them and the plants replaced. If the Plants are too 
large for so doing, the worms may be got out with 
Jme water which is made as follows: take a half a 
peck of lump lime, put it in a barrel, pour on it a little 
water, and as it slackens add more w 7 ater and stir it 
with a stick. When it has slacked fill up the barrel 
