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liced ; and should then be laid by, in boxes or bas- 

 kets, till the planting season. 



Auriculas and PobjantJiuses, 

 If the choice Auriculas and Polyanthuses in pots 

 have not been removed to a cool and shady situa- 

 tion, as directed last month, they should not now 

 be delayed on account of the summer heats setting 

 in, which may prove very prejudicial to the plants. 

 Form a floor of gravel or ashes for them, and place 

 the pots on bricks or tiles, in nice compact order. 

 Let them have regular, and pretty free supplies of 

 water in hot weather ; and if tlie earth about them 

 get hard or encrusted, let the surface be stirred with 

 a small stick or wedge, in order to aid its descent 

 to the roots of the plants. Water both roots and 

 tops, without reserve, and always in the evening. 

 Continue this care till August, when directions con- 

 cerning Auriculas and Polyanthuses will be resumed. 



Carnations and Finks. 

 Seedling Carnations and Pinks of this year's sow- 

 ing may now be pricked out, either into nursery- 

 beds, or, if wanted in that way, into small pots, 

 afterwards to be repotted. In either case, plant 

 them in rich, light earth ; carefully water them ; 

 and shade them from the sun till they have struck 

 fresh roots. Those in beds may be pricked in at 

 three or four inches apart, and should again be 

 transplanted in August into the beds where they 

 are to flower next season, as directed in March for 

 the layers of last year ; which see. Those pricked 



