140 JULY. 



MIGNONETTE. 



If you desire to have Mignonette in flower at 

 the latter part of the floral season, you ought to 

 sow it now. 



ROSES JASMINES. 



The layering and budding of Roses and other 

 shrubs may now be performed. Some species of 

 the Rose do not freely yield suckers, and must 

 therefore be propagated by layers. 



The stocks for budding may be taken from the 

 suckers of the most common kinds. The common 

 dog-brier, from its superior vigor, is the most desi- 

 rable stock. Jasmines are principally propagated 

 by budding, and the common white kind is the most 

 usual stock. 



PROPAGATION OF CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



The suckers which at this season have attained 

 the height of twelve or more inches, may now be 

 parted and planted in separate pots, in a compost 

 of equal parts of leaf mould, garden soil, and rotten 

 dung ; they will make fine blooming plants for No- 

 vember or December : when they are strongly root- 

 ed, cut away the centre or leading shoot, to let the 

 plants push out side shoots, and form a bushy and 

 well-shaped head, while they at the same time pre- 

 serve the dwarf size, which is desirable, if the plants 

 are grown in pots. 



Cuttings rooted early in the month, with a little 

 bottom heat, will also make pretty dwarf growing 

 plants to flower in autumn. 



