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FRUIT GARDEN. 
™ Thin, stop, and train the young growth of wall-trees. Thin the fiuit before it 
becomes too large. Proceed with layering Strawberry-runners, both for forcing 
and making new beds. Plants layered in pots, and, when well rooted, planted in 
properly prepared beds, will bear well next summer. 
GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY. 
All soft-wooded plants, growing freely, such as Petunias, Fuchsias, Zonule 
Pelargoniums, Browallias, &c., should be encouraged with liquid manure until they 
come into flower. Pelargoniums that have ripened their young wood nicely must 
be cut back to two or three eyes at once, and kept rather dry until the buds push. 
Hard-wooded plants that flowered late, and were kept indoors to finish their 
growth, should go out-of-doors now. Particular attention must be paid to plants 
standing out-of-doors. If allowed to suffer from drought at this season, next 
year’s bloom will be impaired. Hoses in pots should be plunged, to prevent the 
soil drying up quickly. 
VINERY. 
Keep Muscats going with a little fire-heat in unfavourable weather. In the 
late houses, where the grapes are swelling, the laterals must be kept stopped; but 
where they are stoning, a considerable extension of laterals can be allowed. The 
earlier houses, from which the crop has been gathered, must be thrown open as 
wide as possible, and the laterals allowed to grow freely for a short time, to help to 
swell up the buds. 
STOVES. : 
The routine work of watering, air-giving, &c., must be well attended to. 
More air must be admitted, now that the greater part of the plants have made the 
season’s growth, to insure its thorough maturation. Achimenes and Gloxinias will 
continue in flower much longer if helped with liquid manure, All subjects for 
winter decoration must receive every encouragement to have them strong by autumn. 
HORTICULTURAL AFFAIRS. 
OYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY’S GREAT SUMMER SHOW, 
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MAS ) Jung 7 AND 8.—This was the great exhibition of the year at South 
\ Ay Kensington, and it is not too much to say that it was in every sense of 
the word a success. The display of fruit was not, perhaps, so large as 
it might have been, but in other respects the exhibition was remarkable 
for its completeness and the general excellency of the productions of which it con- 
sisted. Mr. Barron’s arrangements were admirable, and the large tent presented a 
magnificent appearance. In the centre was one of the most interesting groups of 
niiscellaneous plants that could be desired for such a position. ‘These were contri- 
buted by Messrs. Veitch and Sons. One of the grass banks adjoining was adorned 
with a collection of pot roses from Mr. Charles Turner. These were certainly 
smaller than the plants from the same exhibitor presented at other exhibitions this 
season, but in colour, freshness, and finish they were perfect; and, indeed, we are 
inclined to the opinion that a finer lot has never been shown. They were not want- 
ing in size ; for example, there were eighty flowers in perfect condition on a plant 
of Miss Ingram, and over forty on one of Edouard Morren. At the other end of 
the tent was a fine group of hardy trees from Mr. Maurice Young; and close by 
grand groups of Dracenas from Mr. Bull and Mr. Wills. ‘Two of the most interest- 
ing plants in the show were the two magnificent examples of Odontoglossum vexil- 
larium from Baron Rothschild. One of these had produced from a single bulb thirty 
flowers, which were highly developed in respect of both size and colour; and the 
other, less highly coloured, had produced from twe bulbs six spikes, bearing in the 
aggregate forty-two flowers. These were considered so good that a gold medal was 
awarded. 
Royat Aquarium, WestminsteR.—The great summer exhibition held at this 
comparatively new place of public resort, was remarkable for the splendid display 
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