The plants permanently planted out in the borders of the conservatory
should have a thorough soaking of weak liquid manure. Give all the air
possible at this season, both night and day, and keep the house as neat
and clean as possible. If it contains many tender stove plants, shut it
up for an hour while the sun is on it in the evening, so as to produce a
more genial atmosphere for them.
Achimenes.--Encourage them, as also _Clerodendrons_, &c., to grow and to
prolong their beauty in the conservatory by supplying them with liquid
manure, taking particular care not to give it too strong, especially at
first.
Cinerarias.--Sow seed immediately. Plants for early blooming should also
be potted and started at once, choosing the strongest suckers for the
purpose, and placing them in a cool, shady frame until they have made
fresh growth.
Chrysanthemums.--Propagate some for blooming in small pots.
Heaths.--Pluck off the flowers and seed-pods as soon as they become
unsightly, and prune straggling growth. The softwooded kinds--such as
the _ventricosa_, &c.--do best in a sheltered situation in the open
air, with means to protect them during heavy rains; while the
woolly-leaved--such as _Masonii_, &c.--and hardwooded varieties delight
in cold pits where the glass can be shaded or used for protection as
necessary. Examine the plants which were not shifted in the spring, and,
if necessary, pot them without delay; but if they require to be cut in,
to make them bushy, it will be best to let them break afresh before they
are repotted.
Leschenaultias.--If they have done blooming, and are pot-bound, to be
repotted and placed in a shady place to make their growth.