FOURTH WEEK.
GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY.
The plants that are introduced to the conservatory from the stove, forcing-pit, or any other such structures, merely for the blooming season, will require particular care to be taken in the application of water that they may not become sodden and diseased. Continue to stop, prune, or pinch back all rambling and luxuriant shoots in due time. Stir the surface of the bed in the conservatory, and apply fresh soil, to maintain the plants in good health.
Azaleas, Chinese.—Supply them liberally with water at their roots during their blooming season, and prevent damp and drip from injuring the bloom.
Calceolarias.—The herbaceous sorts that have been pushed along in a gentle heat will now be showing bloom, and will require to be grown in a cool, airy place, to prevent the flower-stems from being too much drawn. Keep down green fly. Shift on young stock, keeping the plants well down in the pots as they throw out fresh rootlets from the stem. Cuttings taken off now will root readily in a gentle bottom heat.
Camellias.—Apply shading the moment it is necessary, to protect the young leaves.
Fuchsias.—Grow them steadily on in a moist, warm temperature. Use the syringe freely. Stop any that have a tendency to be long-jointed, to produce uniform and bushy plants.
Heaths.—Admit air liberally to them, and such other hard-wooded plants that are now in bloom, or approaching that state.
Pelargoniums.—Shift on young plants. Any that are wanted for late blooming should now be stopped.
Rhododendrons, Hybrid Indian.—Treat as advised for Azaleas.