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THE FLOEAL WORLD AXD GAEDEN GUIDE. 



doses of liquid manure at intervals of at 

 leiist a week each. Pincb, regulate, and 

 where fruit shows thick, thin it out. 



Geraniums propagated now will flower 

 in the autumn ; sorts of which a large 

 stock is required for next year, should be 

 cut at as soon as establislied in the rescn'e 

 yround. In bedding out use a trowel, and 

 clcse in neatly, as the plants will not 

 thrive with haid cakes of soil about them. 

 AVhere the soil is very rich, and geraniums 

 are found to grow too rank for flov/ering 

 freely, merely raising the beds to render 

 them dry, will do much to insure a gay 

 bloom. Road sand from gravel roads is 

 the best of all soil lor Tom Tliumbs and 

 other ordinary scarlets. Geraniums in 

 beds, avoid watering if possible, alter the 

 first dose to settle the earth about them, 

 Tliey will root deeper and do better in the 

 end. Pot plants want plenty of water, 

 and if leggy, pinch out the tops and 

 give a shift, and plenty of side-shoots and 

 blooms will follow to the end of the season. 

 Melktroj.is make rnpid growth on hot- 

 walls, and are very useful to fill up blanks. 

 Petunias may be used the- same way, to 

 run up to five or six feet. Eich soil and 

 plenty of water aie requisite if such a fi'ee 

 growth is required. 



Herhaceuus Plnnts may now be propa- 

 gated from cuttings as they go out of 

 bloom. Alyssums, wallflowers, perennial 

 iberis, etc., are easily propagated, and the 

 borders may be richly furnibhed with them 

 by a little timely trouble. 



Vines to be frequently syringed, and 

 every appearance of vermin to be dealt 

 with promptly. Train in as soon as the 

 shoots can be handled, that there may be 

 no after-twisting and injuring. A dry air 

 and dry border will promote the spread of 

 red spider, but moisture is death to this 

 pest. Give muscats plenty of heat. 



HoUyhoclcs. — Stake at once, and tie in 

 as soon as the stems are tall enough, and 

 frequently look at the ties to see they 

 do not cut their swelling stems. Heavy 

 manuring in the first instance is preferable 

 to watering with liquid manure, but in poor 

 soils liquid manure may be used abun- 

 dantly. 



Pansies. — Take cuttings of the best, 

 look over seedlings and root out and de- 

 stroy all inferior ones. Sovr again for 

 autumn bloom. 



Pelargoniums. — Shade the house, plenty 

 of water, stake and tie as needftil, keep a 

 sharp eye after vermin. Plants out of blcom 

 keep cool and dry out of doors. 



Tulips. — Remove the shading, and let 

 them have the benefit of rains and dews. 

 Oechid House. — All orchids from the 



eastern parts of the world will now require 

 abundance of water. Advantage may be 

 taken of sun-heat to lessen the expenditure 

 of fucd, but tliere must be some ventilation. 

 Orchids on blocks and in baskets require 

 to be well soaked occasionally, and for this 

 work the new " Orchid Bath," manufac- 

 tured by Warner and Sons, is a most useful 

 apparatus. Cymbidium eburneum and C. 

 giganteum will probably require repotting 

 now, and in so doing strong j)lants may be 

 increased by dividing the bulbs. They 

 require plenty of pot-room, good drainage, 

 and tibry peat in lumps. Many of the Van- 

 das are now in their full beauty, and must 

 be kept cool to prolong the bloom. As 

 soon as they have done blooming repot 

 them. Stnnliopeas pushing their flower- 

 buds through their baskets now, are occa- 

 sionally injured by ccmtact with the m.ate- 

 rial ( f wiiicli the baskets are made, and 

 an occasional examination will be ueces- 

 sarj' to prevent this. These will grow in 

 either the Indian or Mexican house if ma- 

 naged with care. They require shallow 

 baskets, with plenty of openmgs so that 

 the flowers may find their way through, 

 plenty of water while growing, and alter 

 the growth is completed, a long period of 

 rest during which they should be kept only 

 moderately moist. Prepare flowering 

 plants for the conservatory by taking them 

 first to a vinery, or any structure of a 

 temperature intermediate between the 

 orchid-house and the conservatory. Tem- 

 perature of Indian house 70" to 75' by 

 night, IS' to 85' by day. Mexican house 

 65' to 70' by night, 70' to 80' by day. 



Orchids that may he in hloom in June. 

 — Acineta Humboldtii ; Aerides crispum, 

 crispnm Lindleyanum, crispum pallidum, 

 crispum Warneri, Fieldiugii, Larpenta', 

 maculosum, maculosum Schiajderi, M'Mor- 

 landi, nobile, odoratum, odoratum cor- 

 nutum, roseum, Veitchii, virens, virens 

 supeibum ; Angra;cumcaudatum ; Anguloa 

 Clowesiiunillora, virginalis ; Arpophyllum 

 cardinale ; Barkeriamelanocaulon, specta- 

 bilis ; Bolbophyllum Henshalli ; Brassia 

 Lanceana, Lawrenceana, maculata major, 

 verrucosa, verrucosa superba, Wraya^ ; 

 Broughtonia sanguinea ; Calanthe furcata, 

 Dominii, masuca, veratrifolia ; Cattleya 

 Aclandiie, amabilis, citrina, Edithiana, in- 

 termedia violacea, labiata picta, Lemon- 

 iana M'Morlandii, Mossia>, quadricolor, 

 Schilleriana, superba, Wagneri, Walker- 

 iana ; Chysis Limminghii; Ccelogjue 

 Lowii ; Coryanthes macrantha, macula- 

 ta ; Cycnoches harbatum, chlorochi- 

 lum, ventricosum ; Cypripedium Lowii; 

 Dendrobium calceolarea, cretaceura, Devo- 

 nianiun, Falconerii, longicornum majus, 



