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should be examined, and all superfluous shoots must be 

 pruned off with a sharp knife, leaving only the strongest ; 

 the tops of which should be pruned off to promote their 

 branching. INEyrtles, Oleanders, and such other plants as may 

 have been headed plovvn in May, will need similar treatment. 

 Carnations, Pinks, Pansies, Running Verbenas, &c., may 

 be layed this month for pro2:)agation, 33 and 34 ; many 

 kinds of cuttings, as Geraniums, Roses, and exotic shrubs, 

 may still be planted with success, 50. 



AUGUST. 



Brief is the mission of the fragile Flowers ; 

 Some droop and die e'er close the sunny hours ; 

 Just as a maiden, in life's opening bloom, 

 Lamented sinks into an early tomb. 



Green-house plants will need particular attention this 

 month. They should be watered every evening in dry 

 weather, and as soon as the extreme heat of the summer is 

 past, which is generally by the latter end of this month, or 

 early in the next, preparation must be made for replenish- 

 ing with fresh compost, and re-potting such plants as are in- 

 tended to be cultivated through the winter in a green-house, 

 light room, or garden frames. Previous to the commence- 

 ment of this business, let such compost as is suited to the 

 various kinds of plants be provided, 101. 



Those who may have a number of plants in various sized 

 pots, should provide a few new pots a size larger than the 

 largest in use ; the largest plants being shifted into the new 

 pots, leaves the next sized pots for the second-sized plants, 

 and by pursuing this plan of shifting until the whole are 

 done, the smallest pots will be left for such plants as have 

 been propagated in the course of the summer. 



The shifting of plants requires considerable attention and 

 judgment, as some ])lants, if kept in too large pots, will sus- 

 tain considerable injury : therefore, in such cases, where the 



