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in dry weather, and, occasionally, a pretty strong dose of liquid manure. Cut away 

 runners, unless wanted for increase of stock. 



Flower Garden. — Strike chrysanthemums in a shady border under hand-lights, 

 and, when rooted, plant out in fat loam, enriched with old dung. Top-dress pinks 

 ■with rotten dung, and point over the surface with a small fork. Plants for show 

 should have only one flowering stem, and not more than four buds left on tliat. 

 Plants out dahlias the third week. Take cuttings from hardy border plants, which 

 have double flowers. Place auriculas on a hard bed of tiles, to enjoy air and rain. 

 Plant annuals from seed-pans, and get out the hardiest of the bedding stock, begin- 

 ning always with calceolarias. Keep lawns and walks very trim, by means of 

 scythe, roller, and shears. :„^"Xir^ 



Greenhouse and Stove. — Get as many plants as possible into frames and pits. 

 Strike fuchsias, geraniums, verbenas, and petunias, for blooming in pots in the 

 autumn. Stop them frequently, to get bushy growths. Cut down cinerarias that 

 have bloomed, and plant the stools for offsets. Cut in pelargoniums that have 

 flowered, and strike the best of the cuttings. Calceolarias coming into bloom 

 should have a shady part of the house, and the pots plunged in moss. Camellias 

 should be kept warm and moist, to induce a quick growth of new wood ; those that 

 have made their young shoots should have air by degrees, preparatory to turning 

 them out for the summer. Keep the syringe and fumigator in frequent use. Thin 

 the bunches of vines that have set their fruit, and put sulphur paint on the p^)es 

 whenever red spider appears. Fire heat to be dispensed with as much as possible. 

 Stove 65' to 70' at night; 75' to 85' by day ; Pines require 75" at night, and 8i>' 

 to 90' by day. 



NEWS OF THE MONTH. 



Inteenational Horticultural Exhibition and Botanical Congress. — This 

 is the last opportunity we shall have in these pages of saying a word in anticipation 

 of this great exhibition, which, it is expected by its promoters, will equal the best 

 of the international exhibitions that have been held on the continent, and far 

 transcend all former attempts of the same kind in this country. The exhibition 

 will be held under canvas, on ground belonging to the Royal Horticultural Society, 

 and the principal entrance to it will be from Cromwell Road. The space to be 

 covered with canvas comprises an area of over 3j acres ! The length is 563 feet, 

 the breadth 293 feet, and the height in the centre 30 feet. The whole of the 

 ground is laid out in banks, walks, and symmetrical blocks, so as to allow of the 

 picturesque grouping of the plants, and the production of a complete and har- 

 monious effect. It is to be, in fact, a carrying out, on an immensely large scale, 

 the admirable system of displaying plants on sloping grass banks, which has been 

 carried out with such signal success by the Royal Botanic Society of London during 

 many years past. There will be 55,000 superficial feet devoted to plants, and 60,000 

 superKcial feet devoted to the promenades, which will accommodate 15,000 persons 

 at one time. A portion of the building will be heated for orchids and other tender 

 plants. The plans of the building and earthworks are the production of Mr. J. 

 Gibson, the able Superintendent of Battersea Park. The exhibition will open on 

 the 22iid of this month, and close on the 25th. On the 23rd there will be a grand 

 international banquet in the Guildhall of the City of London, tickets for which will 

 be charged three guineas each. On the 24th there will be a great horticultural 

 dinner at St. Martin's Hall, Long Acre, London, tickets for which will be charged 

 half a guinea each. Respecting other details, we must refer our readers to current 

 announcements, as at the time of penning these notes many important matters are 

 still undecided. 



RoTAL Botanic Society. —At the exhibition held on the '7th of Ajiril, Azaleas 

 and Cinerarias were shown in great plenty, those from Messrs. Lane and Son, 

 Mrs. Turner, and Messrs. Ivery, of Dorking, -were especially good. Messrs. Lane 

 sent a large collection, comprising over thirty of the best Azaleas in cultivation, 

 amongst which the most conspicuous for beauty were the following : — Iveryana, 

 fine white with occasional stripes ; Sir Henry Havelock, salmon-rose ; Leopold I., 



