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noble leaves and splendid flowers made it magnificent. I have had two'planfs 

 grown in the greenhouse till the middle of June, and then turned them out into 

 the open border of a south wall, near to the angle of a hot-house, and the plants 

 are now seven feet high, showing admirably for bloom. In warm situations I 

 am fully satisfied it will make one of the noblest out-door summer ornaments. 



A Flower Gardener. 



FLORICULTURAL CALENDAR FOR AUGUST. 



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

 ment, that are in want of larger pots, or refreshment of new soil, should (if not 

 performed last month) immediately be done. 



Pelargoniums — Plants done blooming should now be cut down ; this will in- 

 duce them to push fresh shoots ; when they become two inches long, the plants 

 should be repotted (not before), shaking off the old soil, and replacing it with 

 fresh compost. The young shoots thus produced will require thinning, those cut 

 away clean may be struck where required. Calceolarias should be increased. 

 Verbenas should now be increased in order to get well established plants to 

 endure winter. This is the proper time 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. In the 

 first or second week at furthest, inoculation may be performed on any kinds of 

 the Citrus genus. Camellias, to bloom early, should be placed in the green- 

 house. 



Flower Garden. — Propagate by means of slips, and parting the roots of any 

 double-flowered and other desirous fibrous-rooted perennial plants done flower- 

 ing. Auriculas should be cleared of all dead leaves, and shifted into fresh pots ; 

 prick out of the seed-bed, where it was omitted last month, Seedling Auriculas 

 and Polyanthuses, and place in a shady situation ; seeds may also be sown of 

 both kinds in boxes or pans. Carnations may still be layered ; also double 

 Sweet-Williams ; the earlier in the month the better. Those which were layered 

 four or five weeks ago will now be sufficiently rooted to be taken away and 

 planted in beds or pots. Also plant out Pink pipings, which were put in in 

 June, or slips may be taken off and struck (see Vol. XII., article on doing it suc- 

 cessfully). Sow seeds of all kinds of bulbous-rooted plants in pans or boxes, 

 such as Spring Cyclamen, Anemones, 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. Plant out such kinds of autumn flowering bulbs as yet 

 remain implanted. Heartsease, towards the end of the month, should be pro- 

 pagated by slips, put into a shady border, and kept quite moist till they have 

 taken root; these will form fine strong plants for blooming the spring following. 

 Buds of Roses may still be put in ; the earlier the better. Any budded early 

 and looking fresh may have the bandage loosened to allow room for swelling. 

 All shoots below the bud should be rubbed off. Chrysanthemums should be 

 topped, if not done last month, in order to form compact heads of flowers. The 

 tops put in make dwarf, late blooming plants. Mignonette to bloum during 

 winter should now be sown in pots. 



Ranunculuses, &c, roots of, should now be taken up, and gradually and well 

 dried. 



Dahlias. — Thin outthe shoots wherelarge flowers are required. Water should 

 be given copiously every evening during dry weather. A strata of manure should 

 be laid over the roots, which tends to promote the vigour of the plants. 



