288 Horticultural Memoranda. 



Pruning and staking all kinds of trees should now be attended to. A 

 little attention to this will add greatly to their form and appearance. 



Grafted trees should be looked after, and the clay and matting removed, 

 if the ties are girdling the stems. 



Thinnin'^ the fruit is an important object, when young trees have set too 

 large a quantity. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT, 



Catnellias should now be removed from the greenhouse or conservatory, 

 into a half shady situation, and be properly arranged and placed upon 

 boards, so that the worms cannot enter the pots. See that they are regu- 

 larly syringed. 



Pelargoniums will be past their beauty the latter part of the month, when 

 they should be removed to the open air, and their branches headed in and 

 cuttings put in, if a young stock is wanted. 



Ericas should be removed to frames facing the north, or plunged out into 

 the open ground in a half shady situation. 



Diosmas, epacrises, <^c. may receive the same treatment as the ericas. 



Oxahscs, Sparaais, locias, <Sfc., done blooming, should be placed in a dry 

 place, and the pots placed on their sides. 



Japan Lilies will begin to flower this month ; let them be neatly staked 

 up, and be liberally watered, and occasionally syringed. 



Fuchsias will now be in full flower, and should be occasionally watered 

 with a weak solution of guano. 



Roses wanted for flowering in beds or clumps, should be turned out im- 

 mediately. Those wanted for blooming in the autumn should be plunged 

 in the ground in a sheltered place, and the soil mulched with litter. Where 

 a young stock is wanted, they may now be propagated from cuttings. 



Achimenes and Gloxinias will now be great ornaments of the greenhouse, 

 and a good stock should always be on hand for this purpose. Repot such 

 as require it, and bring on a fresh lot for late blooming. 



Cyclamens may now be turned out into the open ground, selecting a half 

 shady place. 



Noepolilan violets may now be increased, by dividing the roots and making 

 new plantations. 



Hyacinths and tulips may be taken up the latter part of the month. 



Azaleas, removed from the house, should be placed in a half shady aspect, 

 and plunged in tan or the open ground. 



Daphnes may still be propagated from cuttings. 



Ipomce'a Learii should now be turned out into the open border, and 

 trained up to stakes at least eight feet high. It will form a complete pyra- 

 mid of bloom in August. 



Heliotropes may be propagated for a stock for winter flowering. 



Greenhouse plants of all kinds may now be removed to the open air ; and 

 a great number of kinds do much better if they are plunged out into the 

 border, especially Abutilons, Alloysias, Euphorbias, Salvias, and scarlet 

 Geraniums. 



