THE GARDEN.
[By Hortos.]

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Watering Pot Plants ("Grower"). - Po' plants should only be watered when the aoi! in the pot is beginning; to get dry. Those whc iiavenadsome experience witutheseplantsare almost able to tell when they require water by just looking at them. Whon there is any uncertainty, take and gently hit the pot With the knuckles; if dry. it will give out a clear ringing sound, if wot it will give out a duller sound. Anyone should be able to learn this by testing it a few times. When the soil m the pot is dry the watering should bo thorough, that is sufficient should be givon so as to thoroughly saturate every particle <ii soil, when a plant begins to droop for the want of water it is then better to place it in a tub of water and let it stand there i'oi two or three minutes, so that you will make a certainty of the water penetrating to every root. Pot plants also like occasionally to have their foliage washed, especially those not id flower. If the pot, plants are grown iv a place where they cunnot be syringed frequently, they ousht at least three times a week to be, taken out into the open and a thorough syrin ging given them. Afterwards they can bo placed in their positions again.
