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ripened. It will, however, perhaps be 

 necessaiy to place them for a week or 

 two in a partially shaded situation, to 

 harden their foliage sufficiently to bea 

 the full sun, or the sudden change from a 

 house to full sunshine might cause their 

 leaves to turn brown or burn. 



Annuals for Indoor Blooming. Balsams 

 thunbergias, and other annuals intended to 

 decorate the conservatory and show house 

 for the next two months, should be finally 

 potted, using soil of a light and rich des- 

 cription. Keep down spider with the 

 syringe. 



Bntgmansias. Brugmansias, and similar 

 plants of vigorous habit, should be fre- 

 quently assisted with manure water ; as 

 they are often troubled with the red 

 spider, the engine and syringe must be 

 kept constantly at work to keep them 

 down, taking care, however, not to injure 

 the fine foliage. 



Cactuses and Succulents. Succulent 

 plants, as cactuses, euphorbias, cereuses, 

 sedums, and others of similar habit, re- 

 quire to be abundantly supplied with 

 water, and also a full exposure to the 

 sun, in order to obtain a fine bloom. 

 Offsets of these plants may now be struck 

 in beds or pots of light compost, without 

 the aid of artificial heat, but they root 

 more readily in bark, or on a hotbed under 

 a frame. 



Camellias. Camellias, whenever the 

 young wood appears getting ripe, may be 

 removed to the open air ; they thrive best 

 in the shade; they must be placed on a 

 dry bottom to prevent worms from getting 

 into the pots. 



Chorozemas. Propagate by cuttings 

 some time during this month, or in 

 August. These greenhouse plants are 

 useful additions to the tenants of any 

 house, because they remain in bloom for 

 the greater part of the year, and more 

 especially in winter and early spring. [ 



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The plants themselves are easily managed, 

 and the flowers are desirable for decorative 

 purposes and bouquets. For soil, use a 

 rich turfy peat, mixed with fibrous loam, 

 leaf mould, and gritty sand. When freshly 

 potted, they should be put in a close pit 

 or the warmest part of a greenhouse, and 

 be sparingly watered at the roots until 

 they get into free growth. When tho- 

 roughly established they may be watered 

 twice a week with clear liquid manure. 



Creepers and Climbers. Ipomaeas, thun- 

 bergias, passion flowers, and all other 

 creepers, should be neatly trained to their 

 respective trellises as they advance, keep- 

 ing them fresh and healthy by frequent 

 watering, and by picking off all decaying 

 leaves; and, where the plants are flagging, 

 water them with very weak liquid manure. 

 Epacrises. Keep epacrises under glass 

 till their growth is complete ; but more 

 air and light must be allowed them, in- 

 creasing as the wood gets firmer. Towards 

 the end of the month they may be placed 

 out of doors in an open situation, where 

 they can be protected from heavy rains. 

 Young specimens should be carefully 

 trained, the shoots neatly tied down or 

 pegged, to insure a close compact habit. 



Hard-wooded Plants. Repotting, Hard- 

 wooded plants, including most of the genera 

 from New Holland, which bloom early in 

 the spring, will about the middle of the 

 month be so far advanced in their new 

 growth that any requiring repotting should 

 at once have a shift. After turning them 

 out, loosen the outside roots before placing 

 them in their new pots, to enable them to 

 ake up the fresh soil more readily. Keep 

 hem close for a few days, especially if the 

 roots have been much disturbed, and damp 

 hem once or twice daily overhead. 



Heaths, &-Y., for Winter Blooming. 

 Attention at this season should be directed 

 o the stock of plants intended to furnish 

 he supply of bloom through the winter, as 



