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dry after planting, keep newly-planted box well watered, as if a few plants die, the 

 unsightly gaps are not easily mended in the lieight of summer. 



Broccoli for autumn use to be sown in small quantities this week and next. 



Cabbage Crops of all kinds to be cleared off tlie ground as soon as possible, to 

 make room for spring produce. 



Calceolarias of the shrubby kind to be shifted on as soon as they fill their 

 pots with roots. 



Camellias out of bloom to have a higher temperature and a moist atmospbere, 

 to promote the new growth. 



Capsicums and Tojiatoes to be potted oiT and put in a moderate beat, to 

 encourage new roots. Use light ricn soil. 



Cauliflowers will be growing now that the weather is milder. Give air by 

 tilling the lights, and let there have warm showers. 



Celery sown early will now require to be pricked out into liases on a slight 

 hotbed. 



CHRYsANTiiEJiujts to bo propagated now in quantity. 



Cinerarias are now coming to tlieir full splendour, and must Lave constant 

 attention. Use manure-water twice a week. Tie out specimens in good time. 

 Those only just showing their trusses may have a shift, so as to form fine plants 

 late in the season. 



CoKSERVATORY to bc kept moderately close while east winds prevail, or the 

 plants in flower will suffer. No need for fire-heat now unless there are many 

 newly-introduced stove plants. Water the borders liberally ; stop climbers. 



Cucumbers. — Newly-established beds should be carefully aired every morning, 

 to let off rank steam and prevent damping. Stop regularly before the fruit; never 

 allow any runner to go away neglected, or the distribution of the sap will be un- 

 equal, and the fruiting unsatisfactory. 



Figs will now require plentiful syringing and literal waterings. Stop all the 

 shoots at about sis inches long, and keep the temperature as steady as possible. 



Ericas Require at this season a general repotting and revision. Give them 

 small shifts, using abundance of drainage and a gritty peat full of fibre. 



French Leans in the forcing-house must be kept very near the light, and have 

 a brisk temperature. 



Geraniums of the zinal type that have been kept in pits, windows, and cool 

 houses, in a rather dry state, now require pruning and a litth water. If they can 

 be put in a warm house, to give them a start, they will bloom earlier. Those that 

 are to be flowered in pots require a shift ; those that are to be turned out into beds 

 may remain in pots as they are. 



Herbaceous Plants.— Continue to divide and plant the borders. The early- 

 blooming kinds are now coming into flower, and may be propagated from cuttings 

 as soon as the bloom is over. 



Orchid House will require an abund.ance of atmospheric moisture now, and 

 general attention to plants newljf potted, and those coming into seasonal growth. 



Orchard House. — Trees m bloom to have air in abundance. Some slight 

 agitation among the blossoms will help to set them. Keep the air as dry as pos- 

 sible till the fruit is set, and while stoning be very careful not to let them get 

 either too wet or too dry at the root. Trees swelling their fruit in the early house 

 to be assisted with manure-water. 



Pansies in beds and borders to be spread out, and their long stems covered to 

 within two inches of the point of each. 



Peas and Beans to be earthed up as needful. If slugs abound, strew wood- 

 ashes or soot along the rows. Sow again, if required, for succession. 



Pelargoniums for exhibition require constant attention. Give plenty of air to 

 strong plants and manure-water, rather weak, every five or six days. 



Potatoes may be planted for main crops. The s'ets should be hard, dark green j 

 the sprouts short and purple ; the soil in a dry state, and quite pulverulent, and 

 the sets trenched in. 



Propagating to be carried on with spirit, that the bedding and other summer 

 stock may be strong when required to be turned out. Sow in heat Brachycoma, 

 Phlox, Portulucca, Schizanthus, Stock, Cockscomb, Globe Amaranth, Balsam, 

 Zinnia, etc, Fine plants for bloom this season may be had by putting in cuttings 



