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THE GAKDEN GUIDE. 



Bab.— 29-97. 

 Thee.— 71, 50, 60|. 



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Wind .— S. by W., & VV. by N. 

 Rain. — I'M in. 



Gbebnhousb Flowebs. — Aphelexis 

 rupestris grandifiora; Azalea Jackson's 

 Grand Crimson, A.Lizzie ; Dracophyllum 

 gracile ; Erythrina crista galli ; Fuchsias, 

 Indigqfera decora; Kalosanthus coccinea, 

 K. phoenix ; Leschenaultia biloba major ; 

 Nerium splendens ; Pelargoniums, Tac- 

 sonia manicata, T. ignea ; Tecoma jas- 



Gabden Flowebs. — Evening Prim- 

 rose, (Enothera Fraseri, (E. grandifiora ; 

 Yarrow, Achillea millefolium roseum ; 

 Bell-flower, Campanula carpatica; Lark- 

 spur, Delphinium formnsum, D. Barloviii ; 

 Feathered Piuk, Dianthus plumarius ; 

 Broad-leaved Thrift, Statice latifolia. 



The Weatheb. — The day temperature averages 7\ above that of May, and the 

 night3 are generally warm. As westerly winds prevail, and the ground is warm (60$ at 

 1 foot deep), vegetation is full of activity. The present month is likely to be hotter 

 than the average. 



Flower Garden. — If not already done, old stools of such things as produce a 

 multiplicity of flower-spikes, like the Phlox, should be looked over, and the weakest 

 of the flowering shoots thinned out. Stake those left, and also flowering spikes of 

 Delphiniums, Lilies, etc., to prevent the wind snapping them off. The summer 

 bedders ought to be in their proper places by this time, and the beds and borders be 

 made trim and neat as speedily as possible. Pansies that have done flowering 

 should be cut back, and cuttings made of the young side-shoots as they push. The 

 old hollow flowering stems are of no use for propagating. Plants of a trailing 

 habit, like the Petunia and Verbena, should have the young shoots pegged out 

 regularly before they get crowded. Upright growei - s should have the soil stirred 

 between them, if it has become hard from the necessary waterings. The super 

 fluous shoots should be removed from briers intended for budding, and the remain- 

 ing ones shortened back, if they are growing too vigorously. This should be done 

 a fortnight previously to the budding being performed, so that there shall be no 

 check to the flow of sap at that time. Seed of Annuals for autumn flowering 

 should be sown soon ; this is also a good time for sowing seed of herbaceous peren- 

 nials for flowering next year. When left until the autumn, the plants are seldom 

 strong enough to flower well the following year. Many hardy plants will strike 

 freely now on a shady border, or under hand-lights, if the young side-shoots are 

 slipped off with a heel, and inserted firmly in the soil. Dahlias and Hollyhocks 

 must have stakes put to them at once ; and Chrysanthemums in the borders stopped 

 at the beginning and again at the end of the month. 



Greenhouse. — The whole of the hard-wooded plants ought to he removed into 

 the open air some time this month, according to the state of the young growth. 

 Ericas and Leschenaultias ought to have a tew lights placed over them, supported 

 on stout posts, to ward off the rains, but admit the freest possible circulation of air 

 amongst them. The utmost caution is necessary, just now, to see that the plants 

 have sufficient water at the roots, hut without having too much. The specimens 

 must be looked over regularly, rain or no rain. It is a mistake to suppose that a 



Bulbous Flowers. — African Lily, 

 Agapanthus umbe.llatus ; Crimim capense, 

 C. gigantea; Gastronema sanguinea ; 

 Ismene amancces ; Lilium auratum, L. 

 aurantiacum, L. candidum, L. chalcedo- 

 tiicum, L. tenuifolium ; Tigridia conchi- 

 fiora; Watsonia speciosa . 



Stove Flowers.— Achimenes carmi- 

 nata elegans, A. Margarelta, A. Pink 

 Perfection; Clerodendron Thompsoni ; 

 Franciscea Lindeniana; Gloxinia Rose 

 d' Amour, G. Acton Green, G. Pegasus; 

 Hoya bella ; Ixora coccinea superba, J. 

 Javanica; Rondoletia speciosa ; JErides 

 crispttm;* Anguloa Clouesii;* Dendro- 

 Hum tortile * 



" As the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things 

 that are sown in it to spring forth ; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and 

 praise to spring forth before all the nations." — Isaiah Ixi. 11. 



