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evenuig the oaa is filled up with water, and the 

 coutents used to hollyhocks, cbrysanthemunis, 

 roses, etc., aud v;e i-iii-ely take uote of the pre- 

 cise strength, beiug so accustomed to use it. 

 Say two-thirds water, added to the ori^,dnal 

 bulk, an J you are sale. Better too weak than 

 too strong, iu all such cases. — K. ]\^. — We can 

 add nothing to the notice already given of 

 Boot's Metallic Labels. We continually receive 

 complaints by tnuleamen of our non-attention 

 to letters, but, having nothing more to no with 

 their goods than describe and criticise such as 

 demand our al'eutiou in counection with hor- 

 ticulture, we must leave the (would-be) cus- 

 tomers to fig:ht it out. 



ViNCA ELEGANii.ssiJii.— .1. B. — This is one of 

 the most beautiful of the variegated peri- 

 winkles, and lor a fancy edging very chiste 

 and striking. It may take the place of golden 

 chain in many cr.ses, but to our eye is very 

 distinct in its effect. Use one-third smd in 

 compost for striking pansies, pinks, etc. 



Feen-s fob GAEDE:ys. — F. I). P., St. John's 

 Wood. — We have given in reply to It. T., a hst 

 of the most useful hardy ferns for garden and 

 rockery decoration. The only preventive to 

 cats and dogs going on beds is to protect the 

 beds with wire edging ; they seldom go over 

 this if it is six inches high. If cats take a fancy 



to any particular spot, place there a little heap 

 of Scotch snuff or pepper, which is an effectual 

 process of ejectment. 



Names or Plants. — L., IVisheach. — Your shrub 

 with light green leaves and pink blossoms is Wei- 

 gelia rosea ; the holly-like leaf appears to be 

 Berberis aquifolium, but wo cannot undertake to 

 name plants iVo n such very small scraps, un- 

 accompanied with blossoms. The smidl-leaved 

 plant we do not know, as sent. Let us have a 

 better specimen, and we will give you the name. 



C ILCEOLAKIAS. — Livtitia. — They are dying ever^"- 

 wh?re, as they have done the past three seasons. 

 AVe cannot assign a cause or propose a remedy. 



Ice Plant, etc. — James. — By cuttings now in 

 sand, or seed early in spring in a hoLbed. Too 

 late now for Phlox Drummoudii. No way of 

 distinguishing double and single Stocks until 

 they show flower. Give them the same culture 

 as advised for Asters in a recent number. 

 Gi".\len F.iroiirites is the best book on the 

 culture of choice flowers. 



Phlox deccssata. — A. W. W. — Sow in shallow 

 pans, and place in bottom heat, with a square 

 of glass over each pan till the seedlings appear. 



SrEiKiNGMTETriKS.— j1/. U. W. — IlaU-riije shoots 

 will strike under bell-glasses now ia sand. We 

 cannot read your first query. 



Too Late. — " Constant Sub.," J. B., and others. 



METEOROLOGICAL CALENDAR FOR JULY. 



AA'Eil.VGES FOB THE ENSUING MONTH. 

 JuLT is usually a month of heavy rains, t. ith occasionally sudden storms of wind and thunder. 

 Against all such contingencies the gardener =-,hould prepare, by securely staldng all tall plants that 

 would be likely to suffer from sharp gusts, which in gardens often take the form of partial whii-hviuds, 

 to tiie destruction ot hollyhocks, dahlias, etc. The highest temperature observed during the last 

 thirty -two years were as follows :— 23rd, ISol, 83^; 25th, ISll, 92'; 11th, 1817, 931' : 5th, 18,53, 97^ 

 Lowest 17th, 1856, 40^; 18th, 1851, 39'; 4tb, lS,jl, 1855, and 9th, 1850, and 25th, 1857, 37'; 

 29th, 1858, 33". Averages— Bar. 28.970, Therm, max. 73", min. 53', mean 611' ; Rain 2.7 inches. 

 PHASES OP THE MOON FOR JULY, 1859. 



3) First Quarter, 7th, 5h. utm. a.m. d Last Q'l.arter, 23rd, 3h. 26m. a.m. 



O Full Moon, 11th, 53m. past midnight. 9 New Moon, 29th, 9u. 44m. p.m. 



MEETINGS AND EXHIBITIONS, JULY, 1S59. 



5fcb, Oxford ; 5th, Royston ; Gtli, Gardeners' Royal Benevolent, Election of 

 Pensioners ; Gtli, Royal Botanic ; 6th, Stamford ; 7tli, Dumfries ; 7th, British Porao- 

 logical; 7th and 8tb, Exeter; 12th, AVhitby ; 21st, British Pomological ; 21st, 

 Sleaford ; 2Gth, Buckingham ; 26th, Handsworth, Birmingham. 



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*^* Secretaries will oblige hy forwardinq Announcements, Schedules, etc., of 

 farthcoming HxTiibitions. 



