336 Horticultural Memoranda. 



Peach trees in pots should now be liberal!)' moistened as the fruit is swell- 

 ing off. 



Figs in pots will now be showing their second crop, and should be liber- 

 ally watered occasionally with liquid manure. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Dahlias should now receive attention. Keep them well syringed, and, 

 if in a dry situation, a good mulching at the root will bring them on in fine 

 condition. See that they are properly staked and pruned. 



Pelargoniums should now be headed in, and ihecuttings put in for young 

 plants, if a slock is wanted. A frame or hand glass under a north fence, 

 or where they will be shaded in the heat of the day, is the best place. If 

 only a few are wanted, they may be put into pots. 



Camellias should now be potted ; after this is done, they should be placed 

 in a sheltered, shady situation till September. Inarching may be com- 

 menced again the last of the month. 



Carnations and Picotees will now be in full flower, and, if wanted for ex- 

 hibition, will require some attention, — such as tieing up the flower buds, 

 shading, &c. Layering should also be commenced the last of the month. 



Azaleas may be shifted now, if not done before. Now is a good time to 

 graft the variegata, and other slender-growing sorts, on to the old phoenicea. 



Tulips, Hyacinths, Ranunculuses, and other spring flowering bulbs, should 

 now be taken up and laid away till October. 



Achimenes, of sorts, should now have a shift into larger pots. 



Sweet William, Blue Bells, and other biennial and perennial flower seeds, 

 may now be planted. 



Mignonette and Stceet Alysium should be sown this month for winter 

 blooming. 



Pansies should be propagated this month by cuttings. Seeds may also 

 be sown now for blooming in spring. 



Roses, after they have done blooming, may be layered, if young plants 

 are wanted of any particular kinds. Prairie roses may have the old branches 

 cut out, if crowded, so as to make room for the new shoots. 



Chrysanthemums, in the open ground, may have the tops of the strong 

 shoots layered off into pots, and they will be fine dwarf flowering plants in 

 November. 



Oxalis Boioiet and hiria should be potted the last of the month, as they 

 begin to bloom in August. 



Heliotropes, Scarlet Geraniums, and other showy plants suitable for bed- 

 ding out, should now be propagated for next spring's stock. 



Neapolitan violets should be kept well watered if the weather proves dry. 



Hardy shrubs, of many kinds, may now be layered. 



Gladioluses should be carefully staked up, or the first wind will be likely 

 to injure them. 



Greenhouse plants, of all kinds, should now be pruned so as to make good 

 shaped plants before autumn. Cuttings, of many kinds, may also now be 

 put in, if a young stock is wanted. 



