The principal part of the greenhouse plants may now be removed to an
out-of-door situation, open to the morning sun, and protected from high
winds, and be placed on some hard bottom through which the worms cannot
get into the pots. The specimen plants that remain should be turned
round from time to time, that they may not get one-sided; and allow them
to have plenty of room on all sides. Also, the young plants intended for
specimens should have their flower-buds picked off, to encourage their
growth.
Balsams.--Encourage them by frequent shifts, and keep them in bottom
heat, and near the glass. The prematurely-formed flower-buds to be
picked off, as the plants should attain a considerable size before they
are allowed to bloom.
Calceolarias.--The most critical time is after the plants have flowered;
if allowed to produce seed, they generally die off--Nature having
completed her task. When the bloom begins to fall, cut the plants down,
and repot into a larger size; place them in a cold frame _facing the
east_, the lights on during the day, with air, and entirely off during
the night, unless in rainy weather, as the night dews are highly
beneficial. Treated thus the plants will soon produce new shoots, which
must be taken off and pricked out into small pots in a very open soil,
and placed in a very gentle bottom heat to strike. When rooted, to be
shifted into pots of a larger size.
Cinerarias.--The plants that have bloomed through the season to be cut
down, turned out of their pots, and to have at least half the old soil
removed from their roots. Prepare a piece of ground, in a sheltered
situation, with leaf mould or rotten dung and sand, in which the
Cinerarias are to be planted, one inch below the level of the soil, in
rows fifteen inches apart and one foot apart in the row. When planted,
to be well watered.
Climbers.--The Passifloras, _Mandevilla suaveolens_, _Tecoma
jasminoides_, and other such climbers in the conservatory, will now be
growing very freely, and will therefore require frequent attention to
keep them in order. The young shoots may be allowed to grow in a natural
manner, merely preventing them from getting too much entangled, or
growing into masses.
Fuchsias.--When in a healthy-growing state they require an abundance of
water and frequent syringings. Train them in the desired form, and pinch
back all weak and straggling shoots.
Heaths and New Holland Plants.--Examine them very carefully, and be sure
that they are in a proper state as to moisture. The young plants which
are not blooming will do best if placed in a pit where they can be
exposed or not, as may appear necessary. To lay a proper foundation for
a good specimen it is necessary to stop and to train the shoots into
form.
Kalosanthes.--Train them neatly, increase the supply of water, and give
them liquid manure occasionally.