160 THE FLOBIST AND POMOLOGIST. [July, 



layered as soon as the shoots are long enough. Bulbous roots should be dried 

 off, and stored away. This is a good time to clip Box edgings, as also Privet, 

 Yew, and Thorn hedges. 



Hard-wooded plants in-doors should, in fine weather, have all the air it is 

 possible to give them, both night and day. They should have a good syringing 

 occasionally of an evening. Young plants in pits and frames will need constant 

 attention ; those that need a larger pot should be at once shifted ; the plants 

 should be occasionally turned round, and the shoots should be stopped, trained, 

 and tied out as they require it. Plants in the open air must also be well 

 attended to. Cinerarias for autumn and winter flowering should now have their 

 final shift. Chinese Primroses for winter flowering should also be shifted into 

 the pots they are to flower in. Pelargoniums for autumn flowering must be well 

 attended to, and any that require a shift should have it at once ; as a rule, they 

 should not be shifted much later than the beginning of the month, for they 

 flower better when rather stinted at the root. "With much pot room at this 

 season they run too much into growth, and as a consequence do not yield a 

 perfect head of bloom. 



Notwithstanding the long continuance we have had of cold easterly winds, 

 vegetables of all kinds are looking remarkably well and promising. If not done 

 already, as recommended last month, good breadths of Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, 

 Savoy, and Borecole should be planted at once. Good breadths of the true 

 Walcheren Cauliflower should be planted at the beginning, then about the middle, 

 and again towards the end of the month ; these will furnish a good and regular 

 supply of heads through the autumn up to Christmas, if the weather be tolerably 

 open and mild. The main crop of Celery should be planted about the middle of 

 the month ; should the weather be dry at the time, the plants must be well 

 watered, — as also must all other newly-planted crops. Lettuce and Endive 

 should be planted for succession, and a sowing should also be made of each. A 

 good breadth of Turnips should be sown for autumn use. Cabbages for next 

 spring should be sown about the middle of the month, not later. The hoe 

 should be kept continually going between all growing crops. As soon as a crop 

 is past, the ground should be cleared, and having some manure put on it, should 

 be dug over, and again cropped. 



The directions given last month about fruit-tree management should still be 

 attended to. As Cherries and Strawberries ripen, they must be protected from 

 birds. The young shoots of Baspberries should be well thinned out, leaving only 

 sufficient of the strongest for bearing next year. Fresh plantations of Strawberries 

 should be made with the first runners that can be had ; with proper care and 

 attention these will bear nice crops next year. If the weather be dry, good 

 soakings of water occasionally, will greatly benefit the strawberry plantations 

 which are now in bearing. 



Stourton. M. Saul. 



