182 THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. [AUGUST, 



from flagging. But the lights, from the beginning, should be taken off at night, 

 that the cuttings may receive the heavy dews which generally prevail during this 

 month ; and as soon as the cuttings will stand the weather without flagging, the 

 lights must be kept off during the day as well as at night. Under this treatment, 

 cuttings put in early get well rooted and acquire a strong hardy habit, and are 

 kept over the winter in pits or frames with very little trouble. Pelargoniums of 

 all kinds strike freely in any warm situation in the open air. Good-sized cut- 

 tings put in early soon make nice vigorous plants, and are better to winter than 

 very small cuttings struck late. In getting the cuttings, care should be taken 

 not to disfigure the plants or the beds. A shoot should be taken off here and 

 there, where it can be best spared. 



As most bedding plants will now be growing freely, the beds should be 

 occasionally looked over, and all rambling shoots should be stopped or regulated, 

 and all decaying flowers and seeds picked off. Dahlias, Hollyhocks, and other 

 tall-growing plants will require to be regularly tied up to stakes. This is a good 

 time to transplant Wallflowers for spring-flowering. A quantity of young plants 

 should be pricked out into a bed for transplanting into the borders when they 

 are cleared for the winter. Lawns should be kept regularly mown, and walks 

 should be kept well swept and rolled. 



The stronger-growing hard-wooded plants, out of doors, if standing in a 

 shaded place, should now be removed to a more sunny situation, so that the 

 wood may get properly ripened, which will cause them to flower well next 

 season. The shading of the young stock in pits and frames should now be 

 gradually dispensed with. After the middle of the month the lights will be 

 better off the frames both night and day, unless heavy rains or cold rough 

 weather sets in. Well-grown plants of Fuchsias will now be objects of great 

 beauty, and will, with attention, continue so for some time. They should be 

 kept well watered. Pelargoniums for autumn blooming must now be carefully 

 attended to. 



In the Kitchen Garden, the ground between all growing crops should be kept 

 well stirred by forking and frequent hoeings. Broccolis, Brussels Sprouts, 

 Borecoles, and Savoys should be earthed up. If the weather be dry, Celery 

 should be kept well watered, and be regularly earthed up as it advances in 

 growth. As the crops of Peas are cleared from the ground, room will be found for 

 •other crops. It is not yet too late to plant Celery for spring use, if from want of 

 room a sufficient breadth has not already been planted. Lettuce and Endive, for 

 autumn use, 'should now be planted out. The whole of the early Potatos for 

 sets next year should be got up at once, exposed to the sun and air for a few 

 da3's to green, and then, when dry, be carefully stored away. Sowings of 

 Prickly Spinach for winter use should be made about the 1st and about the 10th 

 of the month ; also sowings of Black-seeded Brown Cos, and Hammersmith 

 Hardy Cabbage Lettuce to stand over the winter. Tripoli Onions for spring use 



