192 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



It was determined that, at their evenina' meetings, on the 1st Mid Sd Tues- 

 day in every month, the Committee would distribute prizes for any produc- 

 tion of extraordinary rarity or merit which shall be exhibited ; such produc- 

 tions to be placed in the room before six o'clock ; and such members of the 

 Committee, as may be assembled within the committee-room, should after 

 viewing the productions, retire again to their room to decide it any, and 

 what rewards should be given. The chair to be taken, at the evenings meet- 

 ings, at seven o'clock, when the prizes awarded should be delivered. 



FLORICULTURAL CALENDAR FOR AUGUST. 



Greenhouse Plants.— All exotic trees and shrubs belonging to this de- 

 partment, that are in want of large pots, or refreshment of new soil, should 

 (if not performed last month) be immediately doDe. This is the proper timo 

 to propagate Aloes Sedums, and all others of a succulent nature, by means 

 of suckers or bottom offsets ; when detached from the parent, they should be 

 potted singly into small pots, using light dry compost, and watering sparingly 

 till they have taken root. Azaleas, the greenhouse kinds, will have firm 

 young wood, insert them firmly in sand, and cover with a bell-glass. In 

 the first or second week at farthest, innoculation may be performed on any 

 kinds of the Citrus genus. Camellias to bloom early, should be put in a 

 warm stove or greenhouse. 



Flower Garden— Due care must be taken respecting watering any kind* 

 of annual, biennial, or perennial plants, that may be in pots. Propagate by 

 means of slips, a.id parting the roots, of any double-flowered and other de- 

 sirable fibrous-rooted perennial plants done flowering. Likewise increase 

 by offsets the different kinds of Saxifrage. Auriculas should be cleared of 

 all dead leaves, and shifted into fresh pots ; prick out of the seed-bed seed- 

 ling Auriculas and Polyanthuses, in a shady situation : seeds of both kinds 

 may also be sown in boxes or pans. Carnations may still be layered, also 

 Sweet-williams, the earlier in the month the better. Also plant out pink 

 pipings, which were put in June. Sow seeds of all kinds of bulbous rooted 

 plants in pans or boxes, such as spring Cyclamen, Anemonies, Ranunculuses, 

 &c. &c. Those kind of bulbs wanted to increase should be taken up, if the 

 leaves be decayed, and the offsets taken off. Transplant into nursery beds 

 seedling, perennial, and biennial plants sown in spring. In dry weather 

 gather those flower-seeds that are ripe of any desired kinds of autumn -flow- 

 ering bulbs that yet remain unplanted. 



Mignonette to stand the winter in pots, should be sown early in the month, 

 have no fresh dung in the soil. Rose trees may still be budded. Double 

 Rockets out of flower, should have the stems cut down, to cause new shoots 

 to push, or the shoots in general, die. Calceolarias intended for late bloom- 

 ing should have the branches cut down, and be repotted, or take off and 

 pot offsets. 



REFERENCE TO PLATE. 



The very beautiful Ranunculus we give in this month's plate are seedlings 

 raised by Messrs. Tyso and son, Wallingford, Yorkshire, and cannot be but 

 much admired for their superior properties, we hope Messrs. Tyso and Son 

 will be amply rewarded for their trouble. 



No. 1. DIADEM. I No. 3. ADOLPHUS. 



No. 2. GOVENOR. No. 4. VICTORIA. 



