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days, but in the south they are always 

 in advance of us Londoners. Suecessional 

 sowings should be made of all hardy 

 annuals that may be required to succeed 

 those 30\vn in March, and tender kinds, 

 such as asters, zinneas, &c, may now be 

 sown in the open ground. This is a good 

 time to sow hardy and half-hardy perennials 

 of all kinds, to get strong plants for winter, 

 either to remain out, or have the protecti >n 

 of a frame, or to take up and p >t for early 

 blooming in the greenhouse. Lovers of the 

 Chinesa primula should sow now for the next 

 spring. Late planted roses should have 

 plenty of water, and the surface mulched, 

 and similar treatment given to hollyhocks and 

 chrysanthemums put out last month. Car- 

 nations and picotees should be staked with- 

 out delay, and their shoots thinned. Part 

 and pi int polyanthuses and primroses that 

 have done blooming, and give them a rich 

 loam and a shady aspect. Where it is in- 

 tended to have new gravel, it would be ad- 

 visable to defer it till the beds are filled, 

 and the whole garden acquiring its full sum- 

 mer gaiety, a coating of fresh gravel then 

 will add much to its fresh and bright appear- 

 ance. 



Greenhouse. — Continue to strike bed- 

 ding stock for late blooming. Fuchsias, ge- 

 raniums, verbenas, and petunias make beau- 

 tiful specimens for pot bloomingin the autumn, 

 if struck now and kept regularly stopped 

 till July. They should not have a high 

 temperature, fuchsias especially, which like 

 shade and moisture. Cinerarias done bloom- 

 ing should be cut down and planted in rich 

 soil, in a cold frame, to furnish offsets for 

 potting. Camellias and azaleas that have 

 made their young shoots should have a little 

 more ventilation to prepare them to go in the 

 open air next month to ripen their wood. 

 AH growing plants, and especially hard 



wooded ones, must be regularly stopped, and 

 have plenty of air, to insure a sturdy short- 

 jointed growth, and tiffany, or the canvas 

 called '• strainer," put up inside the house, 

 where moderate shading may be necessary. 

 Pelargoniums out of bloom to be cut in and 

 allowed to break before repotting them, and 

 the syringe and fumigator kept in use. as may 

 be neo ssary, to de-troy red spider and green- 

 fly. Fire heat should be dispensed with as 

 much as possible, preparatory to clearing and 

 cleaning out the house. 



Stove. — Pines must be shaded on bright 

 days, and the soil about them kept regularly 

 moist, and liquid manure use J frequently. 

 Suckers should be removed as soon as they 

 make their appearance, except so far as they 

 may be required for stock. Queens never 

 produce good fruit unless the suckers are re- 

 mov< d early. Young pines, for winter fruit- 

 ing, should be in a rather light soil, to pre- 

 vent excess of moisture from stagnating 

 about them. Vines that have their roots 

 in inside borders should be liberally sup- 

 plied with water, and the shoots should be 

 tied in, in good time. Vines in pots will re- 

 quire frequent supplies of liquid manure, and 

 stopping of laterals mu«t be attended to, to 

 regulate the growth. Red spider must be 

 kept in check by the use of sulphur, and the 

 best method of using it is to paint the pip^s 

 with a mixture of sulphur, lime, soot, and 

 water. Go over the bunches occasionally, 

 and thin them regularly, to promote their 

 beauty and the size of tbe berries. Melons 

 just planted must be kept close and 

 warm till the roots get to work, and then 

 a short-jointed growth should be encouraged 

 by moderate ventilation and abundance of 

 light. Average temperature for pines 7.5 

 dogs, at night, 85 to 00 degs. by day; for 

 general collections, 65 to 70 degs. at night, 

 and 75 to 85 degs. by day. 



THE CULTURE OF THE CALCEOLARIA. 



Many enquiries having been made as to the 

 treatment necessary for the Calceolaria, we 

 have preferred to introduce the subject by 

 way of review of one of the numbers of a 

 work which has been in progress during the 

 past fourteen months, and a volume of which, 

 under the title of " Garden Favourites,"* 

 is now completed. The work has been pub- 



lished in sixpenny number.;, each number 

 being devoted to some favourite flower, and 

 is profusely embellished with wood-cuts and 

 coloured portraits of noted varieties. The 

 botany and literary associations of the 

 several flowers are copiously treated of, and 

 the chapters on culture embody the author's 

 experience during many years practical cle- 



* Garden Favourites and Exhibition Flowers, their Hi>tory, Properties, Cultivation, Propagation, 

 and general management in all seasons. By Shirley Hibberd, author of "Bustle Adornments for 

 Homes of Taste,' &c. London: Grocanbridge and Sons. 



