TREATMENT OF HOUSE PLANTS.
In watering plants in rooms (says the “ Prairie Farmer ”) discretion must be used ; Cactus, cereus, and in fact, all the so called succulents, require but little water in winter; simply enough to keep them growing. Callas, and all that class of aquatic or semiaquatic plants will bear watering to saturation. As a rule, smooth-leaved and [hard plants require less watering than pubescent and soft-leaved plants. Many small pots r quire water every day, sometimes twice a day—they dry out so fast—unless plunged into some moist material. The difficulty with amateurs is, they usually give small pots too little water, and large pots too much. Until the true habit and necessities of a plant are learned, it is better that it dry sufficiently to droop a little, rather than that the soil be kept saturated. Over saturation kills more plants than too much dryness.
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1857, 5 February 1880, Page 2
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147TREATMENT OF HOUSE PLANTS. Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1857, 5 February 1880, Page 2
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