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CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS FOR THE FLOWER 

 GARDEN, SHRUBBERY, AND GREENHOUSE. 



Anemones. — The autumn-planted 

 ones in a forward state require 

 nothing but watering, seedling 

 beds to be kept clear of weeds, 

 and any that may be in tlower to 

 be marked or rejected. Seed may 

 be sown in a rich open bed. 



Antirrhininns. — These should 

 be hoed between the rows in the 

 open ground, and those in pots 

 shifted to others the size t\\ej are 

 to bloom in. We speak of the 

 fancy varieties grown in collec- 

 tions. 



Annuals. — A second sowing may 

 be got in, in the beds and borders 

 of those which were sown in 

 heat for planting out and pot- 

 ting, such as Nemopliila, China 

 .Aster. Stocks, Mignonette, Phlox 

 Drummondi, and French Marigold. 

 Those ready for planting out 

 should be got in after rain. They 

 will bloom much earlier than those 

 sown now, which will succeed them 

 in flowering. 



Auriculas. — As the blooms of 

 these decline let them be placed 

 on a hard bottom, and have all the 

 weather, in a situation shaded 

 from the mid-day sun. If you do 

 not want the seed pick off the 

 pods, but do not shorten the stem. 

 Those who have the convenience 

 should place them in frames, where 

 they may be allowed all the genial 



rains, and yet can be shaded, and, 

 if necessary, covered from an ex- 

 cess of wet. 



Biennials. — "Wallflowers, Sweet- 

 williams, Canterbury Bells, and 

 two-year Stocks, and all biennials, 

 may be sown this month. 



Balsams. — Shift tliese into larger 

 pots as they fill the old ones with 

 roots. Keep them in a liotbed 

 near the glass. At the end of the 

 month you may plant cmt any 

 number in the common border. 



Caivpannla. — The fine chimney 

 Campanulas should be now shifted 

 into their largest or blooming-pots 

 in rich soil, and be allowed to grow- 

 in the open air. As the shoots 

 rise regulate the number you want, 

 and cut the others down. Putin 

 the frames or stakes to which they 

 are to be trained. 



Carnations and Picotees should 

 be well watered, and traps set to 

 catch earwigs and other vermin. 

 They ought to be placed on a 

 stage, or on shelves so constructed 

 as that the legs or supports may 

 stand in dishes of water. The 

 stakes should be placed in their 

 pots if not done already. It is a 

 bad plan to neglect this too long, 

 as it may damage the fibres when 

 they once begin to spread abroad 

 in the pot. 



Chrysanthemums. — These may 



