JULY, 



TREATMENT OF DAHLIAS. 



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These are now coming into flower, and will re- 

 quire the support of hoops, or of the triangular sticks 

 described in the preceding month. 



The general work of this month consists princi- 

 pally in watering and tying up plants, and in weed- 

 ing. 



WORK TO BE DONE IN THE GREEN-HOUSE. 



Syringe and water Camellias and Oranges fre- 

 quently, and shade them from hot sun. * 



Plants potted in peat, (as are most of our Cape 

 and Australian ones,) should be carefully examined 

 every day, lest they should become too dry, for peat 

 is so little retentive of moisture, that they will re- 

 quire frequent watering. 



Take cuttings of your green-house plants, if you 

 have not taken a sufficient supply in June, and plant 

 them in a bed, shaded during the day by the hoops 

 and coverings already recommended. 



The very tender succulent ones should have a mild 

 hot-bed, but all the Geraniums, Myrtles, Jacobeas, 

 and Cape shrubs, will freely root themselves in a bed 

 of rich earth in open air ; exposure to nocturnal 

 dews in either case is desirable. 



Remove insects from the leaves, which are now 

 peculiarly liable to injury from them. 



Give abundant air to the green-house. 



Shift seedlings according as their growth re- 

 quires it, from smaller to larger pots ; water and 

 shade them, until they have rooted. 



