286 THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY. 
Heaths, Epacris, Chorozemas, etc., must soon have the shelter of the greenhouse 
or pit, Give the structures intended for their winter quarters‘ a thorough cleansing, 
and whitewash the walls with hot lime previously to bringing the plants indoors. 
Pay particular attention to the roots with respect to moisture; for, whilst guarding 
against keeping them too wet, see that they do not suffer from drought. Shift on 
cinerarias, calceolarias, and primulas as the case demands. Those intended for 
early flowering must be put into their flowering-pots at once, if they have not 
yet received their final shift. Place fuchsias, as they go out of flower, outside for a 
week or ten days, to insure the wood being well matured before packing them away 
for the winter. 
VINERY. 
Give all the air possible to vines from which the crop has been gathered, and 
keep the atmosphere dry in houses in which ths grapes are hanging. Those just 
colouring also require plenty of air, even if artificial warmth is required to main- 
tain the proper temperature. 
STOVE. 
The majority of the summer-flowering occupants of this structure have now 
completed their growth, and require more light and air, and less warmth than they 
have been receiving lately. They should, therefore, be placed in the coolest end 
of the house ; and winter-flowering subjects, such as gesneras, justicias, poinsettias, 
thyrsacanthus, etc., must have every encouragement to make good growth before 
the light declines too much. Orchidaceous plants must also have free exposure to 
the light, to effect a thorough maturation of the newly-made pseudo-bulbs. 
HORTICULTURAL AFFAIRS. 
area HE HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS of the past month were con- 
o Fae fined exclusively to the provinces, and although they were mostly of a 
A aes! «highly satisfactory character, they were not characterized by any 
Hw] striking speciality, and it is not, therefore, necessary for us to speak of 
them in detail. 
Tue Meetine or tHE Royat Horricurruran Soctery on August 2, to con- 
sider the financial position of the Society, resulted in the adoption of a resolution, 
moved and seconded by the Hon. C. S. Butler and Mr. Shirley Hibberd, advising 
the Council to make the best arrangements in their power to effect a complete 
separation of the Society from Her Majesty’s Commissioners, and to dissolve the 
connection with South Kensington. Lord Aberdare, the president, explained to the 
meeting that all processes of patchwork and accommodation had failed, and he, 
indeed, went so far as to suggest that the only course to be pursued, and the course 
which the Council believed to be expedient, was that which the resolution was in- 
tended to promote. 
Tur Lonpon Parks are now remarkably gay with bedding plants, and a 
capital opportunity is afforded those who take special interest in flower-garden 
embellishments for becoming acquainted with the various styles of bedding now 
obtaining attention, In Hyde Park, the display consists chiefly of flowering plants, 
and in the arrangements alongside of Park-lane, all the best of the zonal pelar- 
goniums are well represented. There are also several very beautiful carpet beds in 
this part of the park. The chief feature of the display in Victoria Park, is the 
splendid examples of carpet bedding by the side of the road between the Crown and 
Royal Hotels, and hy the side of the walk which skirts the western side of the great 
lake. The ‘subtropical ” garden still forms the chief attraction in Battersea Park, 
for therein are represented all the best plants with ornamental leafage which are 
suitable for the decoration of the flower garden during the ‘summer season. In 
Finsbury Park, the bedding display, although more limited in extent than in the 
other parks mentioned, is exceedingly good, and well worthy of inspection. At the 
Crystal Palace, the bedding display is just now a source of great attraction, for the 
beds on the rose mount and the principal terrace, which have been planted with great 
taste, are now in perfection. Inthe Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and in the 
gardens of Hampton Court Palace, there are most extensive and attractive displays. 
