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THE GARDEN GUIDE. 



Bar.— 29-97. 

 Theb.— 73, 53, 61J;. 



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Wind.— N.W. & S.W. 

 Rain.— 27 in. 



Gbeenhousb Flowers. — Aphelexia 

 humi/is rosea ; Azalea Sir Charles JVapier ; 

 Erica Aitoniana, E. Candolleana, E. 

 obbata ; Kaloyanthes Frederick Desbois, 

 K. Madame C. Winans ; Hydrangeas, 

 Pimelia spectabilis ; Pleroma elegans ; 

 Statice prqfusa ; Zonal Pelargoniums in 

 var. 



Garden Flowers. — Coronilla varia; 

 Larkspur, Delphinium alopecuriaides, D. 

 H. Stenger, D. Madame Rougier ; Gen- 

 tian, Gentiana asclepiadea ; Lupinus, Lit- 

 pinus polyphyllus ; Iris sambucina, I. 

 Jlavescens ; Veronica corymbosa, V. ame- 

 thystina; Viola cornuta, V. lutea. 



The Weatheb.— The summer commenced on the 19th, and, np to the moment 

 of publishing, lias had scarcely a break. In the month we have now entered upon, 

 heat may be expected, but not such drought as last year. This will be a late season. 



Flower Garden. — This month is a capital time for propagating many herba- 

 ceous plants. Young side-shoots of Antirrhinums, ■ Pentstemons, and l'hloxes will 

 root freely under a hand-glass, with the needful attention of watering and shading. 

 Polyanthus that are wished to be increased may he taken up and divided early in 

 the month. Shorten the tap roots, and replant at a distance of about a foot apart 

 each way. These plants do best in loam, leaf-mould, and cow-dung. A shady 

 position is the most suitable, and the plants should have two or three good waterings 

 after they are planted. Seed must be sown as soon as possible. The Rose-beds 

 must be looked over frequently, and all suckers removed. The old flowering shoots 

 should also be cut back, and the trees have a few good doses of liquid manure to 

 aid in the production of a good autumn bloom. Budding must be proceeded with ; 

 if the stocks do not run freely, a thorough watering will generally start them. 

 The evening is the best time for budding. Towards the end of the month the wood 

 will be in proper order for making cuttings. Strong half-ripened shoots cut into 

 pieces of three joints each. The bottom leaf should be removed, and the cutting 

 inserted firmly in a bed of light, sandy stuff, over a gentle hot-bed, where it will 

 root freely. Cuttings will also root well in a frame placed upon an elevated bed of 

 soil, without bottom-heat, but not so quickly as with that assistance. The frame 

 must be kept close, and shaded until the cuttings are nicely callused. Evergreens 

 may now be pruned, and their growth regulated. The annuals that are past their 

 best should be cleared away, to prevent the garden having an untidy appearance. 

 Where it is intended to save seed from any of the herbaceous plants, it is a good 

 plan to cut the old flower-spikes directly the lower seed-pods begin to ripen, and 

 stick th<-m in pots filled with wet sand, and placed over a large sheet of paper in- 

 doors, to catch the seed. When left on the plants until the whole of the seed is 

 ripe, three-parts of it will be scattered to the winds and lost. Where it is intended 

 to increase the stock of Pinks, Picotees, and Carnations, propagation must be com- 

 menced in the early part of the month, either by pipings or layers. 



"~ Bulbous Flowers. — African Lily, 

 Agapanthus vmbellatns pallida; Broditz-a 

 grand < flora; Commelinu tuberosa ; Ha- 

 branthvs Andersoni ; Hwrnanlhus cocci- 

 veus; lamene undulatum ; Liliiim bulbi- 

 ferum, L. colchiciim, L. excehitm, L. 

 Thunbergiamim ; Ornilhcgalum thyrsoides. 



Stove Flowkrs.— Allamanda Schotti, 

 A. Hendersoni ; Bougainvillea glabra; 

 Clerodendron K&mpferi ; Dipladenia 

 crassinoda, £>. splendens; Gloriosa »u- 

 perba ; Ipomea Learii; Ixora GriJ/ithi; 

 Pasnijiora princeps ; Stephanotis Jlori- 

 bunda ; JErides ajfine ; Calanthe masuca ;* 

 Cattleya superba;* Stanhopea crispa, 

 Devoniensis* 



" Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the 

 dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, and for the piecious fruits brought 

 forth by the sun."— Dect. sxxiii. 13, 11. 



