336 Horticultural Operations for July. 



Cyclamens may now be allowed to rest, by withholding water for a few 

 weeks. 



Fuchsias intended for large specimens should be shifted as often as the 

 pots are filled with roots. 



Oranges and Lemons may be budded or grafted now. 



Sweet Alyssum, Mignonette, and other annuals for winter flowering, 

 should be sown now. 



Stephanotus floribcnda should be liberally watered and freely syr- 

 inged now. 



Cactuses should be encouraged in their growth by occasional watering 

 with guano. 



Oxalises birta and Bowiei should be repotted this month, as they bloom 

 in August. 



FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERY. 



To keep up a neat and finished appearance in the flower garden and 

 shrubbery will require strict attention throughout the month. Weeds 

 spring up with rapidity, grass edgings and lawns soon show the want of the 

 scythe, and plants going out of flower soon tell their own story if they are 

 neglected. Constant hoeing, weeding, and raking, will only keep the beds 

 and borders in fine condition; and nothing gives a more forbidding aspect 

 to the flower garden than old dead flower stems. Every plant, as soon as 

 it goes out of flower, should have the tops cut off", unless intended for seeds. 



Carnations should be layered the last of the month. Tie up the flower 

 stems of such as are about to bloom, and thin out the beds, if large speci- 

 mens are wanted. 



Pinks should be raised now from cuttings or pipings. 



Dahlias should be well staked, and as the plants grow up, the bushy 

 ones should be pruned of the weaker stems. Water with liquid manure, 

 and syringe over the foliage. 



Tulips should be taken up now. 



Perennial and Biennial flower seeds may be sown now. 



Pansy Seeds, for spring flowering, may be planted this month. 



Roses should be layered this month ; budding should also be done now. 



Vacant Places in the flower beds should now be filled up, from the 

 reserve garden, with annuals of various kinds, such as amaranthuses, asters, 

 balsamines, &c., &c. 



vegetable department. 



Celery plants should now be put out in good, well-enriched ground. 

 Cucumbers for pickles may be planted now. 

 Spinach should be sown now. 

 Onions may be sown now for a spring crop. 

 Cauliflowers and Brocoli may be sown now for a spring crop. 

 Water liberally all vegetables when fine specimens are wanted ; partic- 

 ularly Egg plants. 



