332 CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS. [chap. XII. 



July. — The bulbs of hyacinths and tulips 

 are generally taken up in this month, and put 

 into a proper place to dry; as are the tubers 

 of ranunculuses and anemones. The stalks of 

 those herbaceous plants that have done flower- 

 ing should be cut down, that they may send up 

 fresh shoots, and produce a second set of flowers. 

 The dead roses, &c, should be cut away as soon 

 as they fade, as nothing more completely de- 

 stroys the beauty of a flower-garden than a 

 number of dead flowers mingled with the 

 newly-expanded ones. Cuttings of verbenas 

 and other greenhouse or window plants may 

 be made in this month : and those that were 

 made early in spring may be planted in the. 

 beds to supply the place of the bulbs and other 

 plants that have quite done flowering. Roses, 

 pinks, and carnations are in their greatest 

 splendour in June and July. Hoses are gene- 

 rally budded in this month ; though, if the 

 weather be moist, any time will do from June 

 to September. The essential point is, to have 

 the weather sufficiently moist and warm to 

 stimulate the dormant action of the bud. 



In the kitchen-garden, the shallots should be 

 taken up ; but in other respects there is nothing 

 particular to do, except the routine culture of 

 keeping the garden neat, and sowing the seeds 

 of culinary vegetables for succession. 



August. — The box-edgings are again pruned 

 in this month, as they were in spring. The 

 pinks and carnations, having done flowering, 

 should have the layers which were made in June 

 cut away, if they have rooted ; and some Ger- 

 man stocks and other plants, which have been 



