336 Horticultural Memoranda. 



open air will now need much pruning, — such as nipping off the young 

 shoots two eyes beyond the bunch, and cutting out all other wood not 

 wanted for bearing next year. A little attention to this will secure larger, 

 better, and higher flavored grapes. 



Strawberry beds will need care now ; weed and clean all new beds, and 

 lay in all the strong runners and clip off others. Two and three year old 

 beds may be renovated by immediately digging in part of the roots, allowing 

 the new runners from those remaining to fill their place. 



Summer-pruning trees should be attended to now. All the strong shoots 

 should iiave about four inches of the end nipped off; this will induce them 

 to form fruit spurs at the base, and on the old wood. 



Plum, Cherry and Pear trees may be budded now. 



Insects should now be looked after, especially the pear-tree slug and 

 aphis. A good quantity of whale-oil soap should be kept in readiness, and 

 one washing will immediately destroy them. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Pelargoniums will now be the main objects of attention, where there is a 

 choice collection. The old plants should be headed down very close, and 

 placed in a half shady situation until they begin to push. The cuttings 

 may be put in in pots or in frames, either in the open air — which we think 

 best — or in a cool part of the greenhouse. 



Chinese primrose seeds should be sown now. 



Hyacinths, Tulips, and other winter bulbs, should be taken up. 



Ten week arid Victoria Slochs seed should be sown now for winter flow- 

 ering. 



Carnations and Pico tees may be layered this month. 



Camellias may be potted this month, and grafting the plants may also be 

 commenced. 



Oxalis Mr la and Boweii should now be potted for early flowering. 



Roses, intended for early flowering, should be plunged in the open ground 

 in a sheltered situation. 



Mignonette should be sown now for flowering early in autumn. 



Azaleas should be repotted this month. Specimen plants should be kept 

 growing in a warm part of the greenhouse, and the others plunged in the 

 open air. 



Hardy roses should be layered this month. 



Dahlias will require pruning and staking, and, if the weather proves dry, 

 they should be liberally watered, and the ground mulched around each 

 plant. 



Heliotropes may now be propagated for next year's stock. 



Cyclamens should be plunged in the open ground in a half shady situation. 



Tree violets should have all the lateral shoots pinched off, and they will 

 soon form upright plants. 



Tree pa^omes may be grafted the latter part of the month. 



