280 Horticultural Memoranda. 



HORTICULTURAL MEMORANDA 



FOR JULY. 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



Grape vines in the grapery will now have set their fruit, which 

 will 1)6 swelling off finely. Tiiinning the berries should now he com- 

 menced and continued until the whole of the clusters are finished; 

 the large hunches should also be shouldered. Give abundance of 

 moisture, and keep the border well watered if dry weather sets in. 

 Attend to airing; give a little in the inoruiuir, and larger quantities in 

 the middle of the day. Attend to the pruning of the vines; keep all 

 supprfluons shoots cut out. 



Strawberry beds will need hoeing and weeding, and preparations 

 should be made to set out new ones in August. 



Fruit trees ^;hould be irone over now, and summer pruned, that is, 

 to cut away all superfluous shoots now, rather than let them ren»ain 

 till the autumn, leaving only such as will be wanted to form a good 

 head to the trees. Bu<l(liii<j plum and cherry trees may be commenc- 

 ed the latter part of the month. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Geraniums should now be attended to: cut down the old plants, 

 and put in the cuttings to make new ones: after the plants are prun- 

 ed, place them in a shady situation till they begin to break, when 

 they should be removed to a sunny |)lace. 



Roses may be increased; the tender kinds by cuttings, layers, and 

 by buddiiiiT, and the hardy kinds by layers and l)y budding. 



Chry santhemums will need heading down soon; keep the plants 

 well watered. 



Ericas should receive due attention: such as need it should be re- 

 potted before they are removed from the house. 



Sparaxises, Ixias, Oxalises, and similar bul!)s, should now be taken 

 out of the pots, and laid away in bags in a dry room. 



Tree pcvonies iruiy be grafted this month. 



Pinks and Carnations should be layered this month. 



Dahlias must be attended to: stake the plants, if not already done, 

 and prune off all the superfluous branches. 



Camellias must be duly syringed, and the larger plants kept prop- 

 erly watered at the root. Cuttings may now be |)Ut in. 



Azaleas will now be growing, and will need liberal supplies of 

 water. 



Cactuses will now be growin<r; keep them duly watered. 



Oxalis Bowiei may be potted the latter part of the month for 

 blooming in August. 



Green-house plants may be propagated at this season; a frame or 

 shady border will answer the purpose, placing the cuttings in jjots, 

 and plunging them in the ground. 



feroinial flower seeds, sown last month, will by this time have 

 produced plants, which should be transplanted into the border, where 

 they are to stand. 



