THE GARDEN WEEK BY WEEK 



Aug. The Stage Auriculas are declining in favour, but the 



^^"31 Alpines are holding their own, because they make such 

 charming dwarf plants for spring beds. The flowers are 

 not more refined than those of the Stage Auriculas, but 

 they are larger and the colours are richer. They may be 

 raised from seed in summer, the same as Polyanthuses 



and Primroses. Those 

 who still grow Stage 

 Auriculas in pots should 

 repot them in summer 

 in loam with a little 

 decayed manure and 

 some sand, and put them 

 in a frame which is 

 shaded during the hottest 

 part of the day. 



Propagating Bedding 

 Plants. — Those who 

 grow perennial non- 

 hardy plants, such as 

 Zonal Geraniums, 

 shrubby Calceolarias, 

 Marguerites, Verbenas, 

 and Heliotrope, in beds 

 will have the question of propagation before them. 

 The Calceolarias may be left till autumn with advantage, 

 but the other four may be propagated now, by means of 

 cuttings, the Geraniums in an open, sunny place out of 

 doors, the remaining kinds in sandy soil in pots, which 

 can be placed in a frame or on a greenhouse shelf. The 

 Geraniums can be inserted in the ordinary garden soil if 

 desired, but it must be made firm ; it is perhaps better 

 to insert them in very sandy soil in shallow boxes, and 

 stand these in a sunny place. The cuttings should be 

 3H 



Fig. 63.— Propagating Marguerites. 



a. Main stem, cut off below a joint. 



b. Basal leaves to be removed. 



c. How to insert cuttings in pots or boxes. 



