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benefited, and probably make their Spring growth and 
ripen their shoots, or nearly so, before the time arrived 
for placing them out for summer. 
The common way of placing Plants out in their 
summer quarters in May, or as soon as a few hot days 
give the appearance of Summer, is very injudicious, 
for in this changeable climate some days being hot 
and the nights very cold, the temperature is often so 
low during the night that a complete check is given 
to their growth. The hot sun on them by day causes 
their leaves to assume a brown appearance, and the 
Summer is considerably advanced before they recov¬ 
er ; but after having regained their energy and become 
as it were inured to their new climate, they usually 
grow very vigorous and by Fall become very large* 
especially such as are planted out of their pots,or whose 
roots have grown through the hole at the bottom of the 
pot into the Garden soil; though when they are taken 
up and potted for putting in the Greenhouse in the 
Autumn, they will often lose their leaves, and from 
their gross habit which they have now acquired, and 
from the lateness of the season, their shoots are seldom 
matured, consequently the Plants are in the worst pos¬ 
sible condition to resist the effects of frost, mildew, 
and damp through winter, therefore it would be advi¬ 
sable to keep such Plants as are intended for the con¬ 
servatory or room in their pots during the summer, 
and not place them out for Summer till their Spring 
growth is completed; then place them out in a cool 
airy situation, and if the pots are plunged in the ground, 
they should be examined occasionally to see if any 
have grown through into the ground; the pots should 
