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mony. AH strong-growing plants, such as asters, helianthuses, and 

 solidagos, should be attended to, so that they all grow together. Holly- 

 hocks planted on the lawn, whether singly or in groups, should be 

 staked in time : in fact, they should be staked when planted, and the leaves 

 and plants kept in a healthy state, by watering and syringing in hot and dry 

 weather. Tie up Oenotheras neatly. Speciosas, planted pretty thickly over the 

 beds, will produce a fine mass of white flowers, if trained so that they have 

 plenty of light and air, and watered abundantly in dry weather ; metrocarpa 

 and Matricaria grandiflora, also, will well reward the labour. Beds of verbenas, 

 and similar plants, require occasional syringing with weak tobacco-water. 



1366. .Ro5e-(?arde7i. ^Autumn-flowering roses now require a liberal supply 

 of liquid manure ; guano sown on the ground, and thoroughly soaked with 

 rain-water, will serve the purpose. Remove faded flowers and seed-capsules 

 every morning ; plants which have flowered in pots, keep growing fireely, as 

 the ftiture bloom depends on their vigorous growth at this season. Climb- 

 ing roses should now be pushing out strong shoots from the roots and main 

 stem ; if not required for future training, these should be taken off entirely, 

 or have their tops pinched off a foot or so from the stem. Budding should 

 now be in full operation, watering the roots and plants freely in dry weather, 

 both before and after budding. Gut back perpetual-blooming roses, and 

 water them with the richest manure-water to encourage a second growth 

 and bloom. Baskets, vases, &c., will require an occasional regulating ; those 

 having plants in them requiring to be tied up, should bo examined for the 

 purpose ; afterwards they may be allowed to grow in a freer style. Con- 

 volvuluses, maurandias, lophospermums, kc, after being pegged over the 

 sxirface of the soil, should be left to grow over the sides of the vases, or 

 allowed to ramble among the more formal plants which fill up the centre. 

 Baskets, cases, or other contrivances containing plants in bloom, will reqiiire 

 frequent attention to keep them fresh. Remove everything in the shape of 

 decayed bloom or leaves, and take advantage, when a number of fresh plants 

 are wanted, to effect a change in the arrangement, which will be found more 

 pleasing than adhering to one plan. For the same reason, plants under 

 verandahs, or arranged for effect near the house, when .undergoing revision 

 for the purpose of adding fresh plants, will be more interesting when variety 

 in arrangement, or in the kind of plants, is introduced as often as they are 

 changed. 



1 367. The first week or so will be chiefly occupied by the usual routineof pegg- 

 ing down plants intended to be kept dwarf, tying others up, and keeping the 

 surface of the beds free from weeds imtil it is covered by the growing plants. If 

 pinks arc attacked by wireworm, place pieces of potato just below the surface 

 of the soiL Examine these every morning, and a great number can be thus 

 caught and destroyed. Pinks should now be propagated ; cuttings may likewise 

 be put in of tea and China roses, selecting wood of the present year when it 

 becomes a little firm at the base. Roots, bulbs, anemones, tulips, crocuses, 

 Bcillas, tritillarias, kc, which have been out of groimd some time to dry. 



