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CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS FOR JULY. 



tree to bend to tlie winds. Now 

 go to budding in good earnest. 

 Take off tlie si)oots from the Roses 

 you want to propagate, tie them 

 in bundles with their names to 

 them, cut back the shoots of the 

 stocks to three or four jnints, or 

 so short as will prevent tlie briers 

 from being ini'otivenient, and in- 

 sert the buds close to the heel of 

 the shoot and the main stem on 

 the upper part of the shoot The 

 pince of thin wood a full half-inch 

 long is to be shaved off the Rose 

 V)ranch with a very sharp knife, 

 inserted a full quarter of an inch 

 below the leaf, and brought out 

 as much above it. The small piece 

 of wood tliat will come out in the 

 bark must be raised up at one 

 end with the point of the knife, 

 and drawn out, so as to leave the 

 bark only with the leaf and the 

 bud at its base on it. Now cut 

 a slit three quarters of an inch 

 long in the bark of the stock, and 

 a cut aor os it half way to make 

 a cross section of this slit; lift the 

 bark with the thin end of the bud- 

 ding knife or a thin piece of hard 

 wood, tuck in the bark so that 

 the leaf shall be at where the cut 

 crosses, the bark of the stock lap- 

 ping over the bark of the bud, 

 bind it firmly but not too tightly, 

 and it is done. By keeping three 

 or four joints of the stock the 

 sap is drawn past tlie bud, whicii 

 soon unites. Look well to all 

 Roses that are worked, and see 

 that all growths from their stocks 

 are de^tioyed. Rub off all luids 

 and cut off shoots, and grub up 

 suckers from tlie roots, for they 

 all rob the Rose itself of nourish- 

 ment, and if they once got fairly 

 ahead would destroy the worked 

 part altogether. Roses in pots 

 must be shifted if they have filled 

 the pots with roots. Keep seed- 



ling Roses properly shifted if in 

 pots, and well weeded and watered 

 if planted out. Any seedlings 

 that imlicate by their foliage that 

 they are novel may be deprived of 

 a bud or two to put into strong 

 stocks, for they will thereliy be 

 hastened into bloom by the vigour 

 of the stock much sooner than 

 they would bloom if left to them- 

 selves. Continue to remove all 

 decaying flowers, otherwise they 

 would seed perhaps, and certainly 

 look untidy : removing the seed- 

 pods prolongs the bloom. Let 

 a common China Rose be left to 

 itself, and in a few weeks the hips 

 are seen swelling out all over the 

 tree, and the bloom will have dis- 

 appeared ; for, as they constantly 

 appear while the new shoots are 

 continued, so they are completely 

 suspended, as it were, when the 

 swelling of the seed-pods arrests 

 the growth. Let another in the 

 same position be deprived of the 

 bloom-stems as fast as the flowers 

 decay, and the growth and bloom 

 will be found continuous. 



THE GREENHOUSE. 



Aznlca Ind'tca, having passed 

 their flowermg, will be making 

 their growth, which should be in 

 the greenhouse, with plenty of 

 air and water. Take out any mis- 

 shapen branch, and stop any very 

 ugly shoots; and if the pots be 

 very full of roots shift the plants 

 to larger pots with great care, 

 and see that the new soil is solid 

 between the old bull of earth and 

 the pot. On this account very 

 small shifts are objectionable. 

 There ought to be sufficient differ- 

 ence in the size to allow of the 

 earth going down well, and it may 

 be pressed with the finger, or a 

 piece of wood small enough to be 

 clear of the fibres when pressed 



