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fibrous roots have not spread around the pot, nothing more 

 is necessary than to rub off a little of the outside mould, and 

 then to substitute fresh compost for the roots to run in. 



Such plants as may have become pot-bound, and whose 

 roots are matted around the pot, will, in many cases, bear 

 reducing. If the matted roots are carefully pared off, and 

 the plants shifted into good fresh compost, they will soon take 

 root, and grow freely ; but it will be necessary to prune off 

 all surplus branches of the plants previous to re-potting them, 

 and to shade them for a week or ten days. 



Pieces of tile, or broken pots, should be laid over the aper- 

 ture at the bottom of the pots, to enable the surplus moisture 

 to drain off, or the roots will sustain injury. 



The flower beds will need attention this month. Water 

 Dahlias and other choice plants in dry weather ; cut down 

 all decayed flower stalks, as soon as the seed is gathered, and 

 pull up annuals as they cease to flower. 



Plant Oxalises in small pots, 86, and prepare compost for 

 other tender bulbs to be planted in pots next month. 



Rose shrubs, Orange, and Lemon trees, &c, &c, should 

 be budded early in this month, if not done before. 



SEPTEMBER. 



Still some with vigour lift their lordly heads, 

 Imparting splendour to their cultured beds, 

 In lustrous colours decked, they proudly shine, 

 And look enchanting to their last decline. 



Such green-house plants as may have been re-potted and 

 pruned in the course of the last month, should be looked 

 over, and if they have taken root, they should be exposed 

 gradually to the sun, and watered moderately in dry weather. 



If any of the green-house plants were plunged in the flower 

 beds, they should be taken up and pruned early in this 

 month, and then put into suitable sized pots, 35. 



