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16. Cut down with shears a few well-developed lobelias which will 

 soon break into fresh growth and provide cuttings for propa- 

 gating in September. 



*7- Take cuttings of petunias, heliotropes and more geraniums. 



18. Pull spring onions and lay them out to dry in the sun. 



19. Transfer strawberries layered in pots into larger pots for 

 forcing. 



20. Pot on cinerarias, primulas and calceolarias raised from seed; 

 keep cool and moist. 



21. Take cuttings of pentstemons and insert in boxes or in frame. 



22. Sow seed of schizanthus for early spring flowering. 



23. Pot narcissus the Paper White variety first for forcing and 

 plunge in fibre. 



24. Take cuttings of roses, especially rambler varieties, and La France 

 and Gloire de Dijon, and insert four inches apart in trenches 

 with sand or road grit incorporated with the soil. 



25. Pot crocuses for early flowering under glass. 



26. Turn begonias that have flowered under glass out of doors, place 

 pots on bed of ashes in shady place and withhold water. 

 This will enable the bulbs to develop and attain a much larger 

 size than would be possible without this treatment. 



27. Take cuttings of ivy-leaved geraniums. Supply plenty of moisture 

 to violets and pinch off all runners. 



28. Give liberal supplies of liquid manure to celery and continue to 

 earth up rows in dry weather. 



29. Cut back show and fancy pelargoniums that have flowered ; keep 

 plants dry, and well syringed until they break into fresh 

 growth. 



30. Thin out superfluous dahlia shoots and attend carefully to tying 

 and staking. 



31. Pot tulips for forcing and plant out fritillarias and Crown 

 Imperials. 



SEPTEMBER 



I. Sow seed of violas in boxes and keep in cold frame. Also sow seed 



of antirrhinums and pentstemons. 

 2 . Withhold water from lilies that have flowered under glass. Keep 



dry until foliage dries down and repot in November. 



