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Tender annuals may now be turned out into the flower borders ; they should lie 

 refreshed at least once a day with water, and if the suu is very powerful they will 

 require to be shaded, till they have taken fresh root ; those that remain to flower 

 in pots must be frequently supplied with water, repotting, &c. as they require it. 

 Finish transplanting perennial and biennial plants sown in spring. Double 

 ■Sweet Williams should now be laid. Those Carnations in pots require particular 

 attention in keeping them well supplied with water, and to support the flower 

 stems by tying them to neat green sticks with bass ; — pipings of the young 

 shoots may still be put in ; those cut at the second or third joints make the 

 handsomest plants; they should be kept shaded from the hot sun, otherwise they 

 will soon get scorched and dried up; they should be finished layering by 

 the middle of the month. Pinks may still be propagated by pipings as in 

 June. Auricula plants in pots will require a little water frequently in hot wea- 

 ther, taking care not to pour it on the heart of the plant; all dead leaves should 

 be removed ; if any of the plants are attacked with the green fly, they should be 

 smoked with tobacco, or sprinkled with tobacco water. Transplant seedling Au- 

 riculas and Polyanthuses, and keep them in a shady place. Pansies mav still be 

 propagated by slips of the young shoots; the seed should be sown either in pots 

 or borders, in a shady place, and well supplied with moisture. All sorts of Roses 

 (with the exception of the China and its varieties) should now be budded. Many 

 sorts of bulbous rooted plants, as Ranunculuses. Tulips, Anemones, &c, which will 

 now be past flowering, and their leaves decayed, should be taken up, well dried, 

 cleaned, and the offsets separated, and put in a cool, airy place, till the planting 

 season again commences. The double scarlet Lychnis, and such like plants, 

 should be propagated by cuttings. Geraniums may now be increased by cuttings. 

 Dahlia cuttings will easily take root if placed in a brisk heat. Continue to cut 

 box edgings, and hedges, where it was not done last month. Mignonette now 

 sown will bloom well in September. Pelargonium cuttings should now be put 

 in, so as to have well-established plants for blooming next year, or for growing 

 inext year, so as to prepare them for extra specimens for the year following. 



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Portii.acca Tiiei.i.usonii. — This very beautiful annual has bloomed in the 

 London Horticultural Society's Garden. It grows about a foot high, and blooms 

 nearly all the summer. When we saw it, it was in brilliant bloom, showy and 

 pretty. We judge it will require a similar treatment to the other Portulaccas. 

 We saw plants of it flourishing in the Pine-Apple Nursery last Autumn, grown 

 in pots in the green-house ; but in a dry situation open to the sun, as a rock- 

 work, or under a south wall, Dr. Lindley states it thrives freely. The best 

 compost for it. the Dr. observes, is old lime rubbish and well rotted dung or de- 

 cayed leaf mould. It deserves a place in every collection. 



Veudena Buistii. — This is far the handsomest of the light-coloured Verbpnas. 

 The heads of the flowers are large, the plant shrubby, blooming proiusely, and 

 of so beautiful a rosy pink colour, as to render it a most desirable variety. We 

 saw a plant of Verbena Hendersonii at the Pine- Apple Nursery some time back. 

 We were informed that it had the habit of Verbena teucroides in form of flowers, 

 and that they were scarlet. It was not any of Messrs. Hendersons who informed 

 us, and we are sorry that any mistake occurred in the matter. It appears Mr. 

 Buist had sent over another kind with the V. Hendersonii, which has brilliant 

 scarlet crimson flowers, and an impression had gone forth that the V. Hender- 

 sonii was the kind. The latter sort is now in bloom at the Pine-Apple Nursery. 

 The flowers are of a fine purple-crimson. It is a free bloomer, and in the way 

 in its heads of flowers to V. Arranana. 



Lord Nki.son Pansy. — This singular edged variety was raised by Mr. James 

 Burley, (see advertisement in the present number,') Florist, Limpsfield, near 

 Godstone in Surrey. Pansies in general have not done well this season, but the 

 blooms Mr. Bniley sent us were of very good form. 



