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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



The Niphetos Rose, budded on a lamarque 

 or cloth of gold rose stock, will g"ive g-ood 

 results in a small conservatory or green- 

 house. Pot roses, for fall and winter 

 flowering should be stood outside in partial 

 shade, and given only sufficient water to 

 keep the roots from drying out. Pelar- 

 goniums and Fuchsias that have done 

 flowering can be treated in a similar way ; 

 as witholding water partially from these 

 and similar spring and early summer flower- 

 ing plants induces a period of rest and helps 

 to harden the wood necessary to produce 

 flowering results next season. 



Any repairs required to the greenhouse 

 should be done now when most of the plants 

 are out of doors. Give the sashes and 

 woodwork a good scrubbing and cleaning 

 with whale oil soap and water. 



Window Plants. — Watering and keep- 

 ing free from insects are the principal 

 features in window gardening just now. If 

 any old plants of Geraniums are required 

 for next winter's flowering they should be 

 cut back to the old wood, and, as soon as 

 the young buds appear, shake the roots 

 partially out from the soil, cut off" a portion 

 of the roots and repot into a size smaller 

 pot if possible ; water very sparingly until 

 well rooted. These will do best stood or 

 plunged out of doors in the open ground. 

 Fuchsias and many other plants required 

 for winter ffowering will succeed best stood 

 out of doors in partial shade and not watered 

 too heavily for a few weeks. 



Flower Garden. — Watering and keeping 

 down the weeds will be the heaviest work 

 probably in this department, as the lawn will 

 require very little attention during the dry 

 season so far as cutting the grass is con- 

 cerned. 



Most of the perennials will be past their 

 flowering season, Gaillardia Grandiflora, 

 Rudbeckia (Golden Glow) and a few others 

 may still give a few flowers. Early sown 

 Asters, Zinnias, etc., will soon be coming 

 into flower. 



Dahlias will require plenty of water at the 

 roots, syringing the foliage liberally in the 

 evening will materially assist the growth of 

 these autumn favorites. Some of the Cactus 

 and single-flowered Dahlias are very pretty, 

 and better suited for decorative purposes as 

 cut flowers than the more massive blooms of 

 the show varietes. 



The double Rudbeckia (Golden Glow) is 

 indispensable in the flower garden, its 

 wealth of golden blossoms being produced 

 in great profusion during the hottest 

 weather, and it often gives quite a sprink- 

 ling of flowers until quite late in the fall. 

 It requires very little care and seems to 

 flourish in almost any kind of soil. 



The herbaceous Hibiscus (Crimson Eye) 

 makes a showy decorative plant for the 

 lawn or border. Its large funnel-shaped 

 flowers, produced in July, or early in August, 

 when flowers are scarce, make it a conspicuous 

 object when in flower. Being herbaceous in 

 character it can be easily protected by a 

 heavy mulching in in winter, although, it 

 has proved quite hardy in this section with- 

 out any protection. 



Fruit Garden. — Currants, gooseberries, 

 raspberries and late cherries should claim 

 quite a share of the time that can be devoted 

 to the fruit garden during July. 



Plums, pears aud peaches if too thickly 

 set may be thinned to advantage. Green 

 peaches make a splendid pickle if pickled 

 just before the pit hardens. These should 

 be treated the same as for walnuts in the 

 pickling process. Plums when green can 

 be used for stewing, but they make tremen- 

 dous inroads on the contents of the sugar 

 bowl. 



Grape vines must be gone over occasion- 

 ally and useless and lateral growth removed. 

 For prevention and cure of mildew on 

 grapes a good composition can be made by 

 putting one pound of lime and half a pound 

 of sulphur into three gallons of water, and 

 boil slowly until reduced nearly one half. 

 Allow the liquid to stand and cool, skim and 



