THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 219 



THE GARDEN GUIDE FOR JULY. 



Flowers ! when the Saviour's calm benignant eye 



Fell on your gentle beauty : when from you 



That heavenly lesson for liU hearts he drew, 



Eternal, universal, as the sky ; 

 Then, in the bosom of your purity 



A voice he set as in a tempie-stbrine. 



That life's quick travellers ne'er might pass you by. 



Unwarned of that sweet oracle divine. 

 And though too oft its low celestial sound, 



By the harsh notes of work-day care is drowned, 



And the loud steps of vain, unlistening haste; 

 Yet the great Ocean hath no tone of power 



Mightier to reach the soul in thougDt's hush'd hour 



Than yours, meek lilies, chosen thus and graced. 



Mbs. Hemaks. 



jGAPANTHUS to have abundance of water while throwing up flower- 

 spikes, and until tlie bloom is ovtr ; then to be shaken out and 

 parted, and the strongest crowns selected for next year's bloom. Pot 

 these singly in small pots, removing with a sharp knife any of the 

 straggling roots tnat cannot be got into the pots. The soil should be 

 sandy loam, rotten dung, and peat, equal quantities. 



Broccoli must now be got out to furnish a supply during autumn. Manure 

 liberally, and if the planting is done in dry weather, give water as abtindantly as 

 possible. Better, however, to get the ground ready and wait for showeis. 



Carnations, Picotees, and Pinks to be propagated largely now from layers 

 and pipings, both easy and certain methods. 



Cauliflower. — Plant out and hoe between those coming forward, but do not 

 earth up the stems except of such as are loose at the collar. 



Celery newly planted will require abundance of water. Plant out as fast as 

 possible, if any left in beds or pots. The fly has not seriously damaged the crop 

 this season, and where it has not appeared there is now no further danger, and the 

 late celery is likely to escape altogether. 



CiNERAFiAs coming up in seed-pans to be pricked out as soon as large enough 

 to lift, and have separate thumb-pots, with light rich compost, and be put in a 

 frame to grow cc 



Chrysanthemums require liquid manure now, and frequent sprinkling over- 

 head. Tie out as fast as the side-shoots break, for if they once harden out of shape 

 it is no easy matter to restore them to a proper form. 



Conservatory will require air night and day, unless there are many stove 

 plants, in which case shut up while the snn is on the house. Use water in plenty, 

 and liquid manure wherever it seems to be required. 



Cucumbers must have steady bottom-heat to produce fine fruit. It is a common 

 fallacy that when the weather becomes warm the beds may be left to cool down, 

 but it is rarely fine fruit are cut from frames that are never lined after the first 

 heat is out. 



Fruit Garden. — Put netting over currants, gooseberries, and cherries, to keep 

 the birds from the fruit. 



Fuchsias must be syringed once or twice a day, and have moderate shade. 

 Fine plants in comparatively small pots will be greatly benefited with v/eak liquid 

 manure every three or four days. 



Greenhouse Hekbaceous Plants, such as Cinerarias, Primulas, herbaceous 

 Calceolarias, etc., must have frequent attention now. Let seedlings be pricked 

 out into pans or singly in thumb pots ; shift cuttings and rooted suckers. 



Uard-wooded Plants requiring a shift this season must have it at once, or the 

 'irae will go by for them to derive full benefit from the operation. The most im- 

 portant matter of all is to secure good drainage, and to use the compost in as rough 

 a state as possible consistent with the size and nature of the plant. 



Uakdv Herbaceous Plants of all kinds maj' be propagated now from seeds 

 and cuttings. 



IIaiiijt PnRURS of all kinds may be propagated by layers or cuttings, the latter 

 preferably, and the smaller the better if the shoots are firm. 



July. 



