376 Horticultural Memoranda. 



Strawberry beds may now be made with success. Attend to the weeding 

 and clearing of old beds, and, if large fruit is wanted, clip off all young run- 

 ners. 



Gooseberry and Currant bushes may be planted this month, if desired. 



Raspberry beds may also be planted now, trimming off a portion of the 

 leaves. 



Fruit trees may be safely removed now, if the leaves are all cut off with 

 a pair of scissors or knife. (See Capt. Lovitt's Article, in Vol. X.) 



Budding Peach trees should be done this month. 



Grafting Fruit trees of all kinds with fruit spurs may be done this month . 

 It is performed in the same way as budding, only claying over the graft. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Dahlias will now be in their full season : such plants as are intended to 

 produce flowers for show the latter part of the month should be liberally 

 watered, and all small superfluous shoots cut off. See that they are well 

 staked, as one strong wind would otherwise destroy the whole. 



Azaleas should be housed early, or the foliage will get so much browned 

 as to injure them for the winter. Water sparingly. 



Chrysanthemums layered last month should be cut from the old plant and 

 repotted, keeping them in a shady place for a few days. 



Verbenas for a winter stock should be layered now into small pots. 



Ixias, sparaxis and other Cape bulbs may now be potted. 



Hardy lilies of all kinds may now be safely transplanted. 



Paonies may now be transplanted. 



Heaths should be carefully watered, and, before heavy rains set in, re- 

 moved to the house. 



Oxalises of all kinds may be potted this month. 



Cyclamenes should be repotted, and removed to the house, or placed in a 

 frame. 



Pelargoniums should be sparingly watered, and placed in the sunniest 

 place to swell off the wood. 



Nemophilus and Schizanthuses , 10 week and victoria stocks, and similar 

 plants raised from seeds should be potted in small pots. 



Poses in the open ground should be potted this month. Early flowering 

 plants should now be pruned in, placed in the house, and liberally watered. 

 Cuttings may now be successfully put in if a stock is wanted. 



Lilium lanafolium and its varieties should now be sparingly watered, al- 

 lowing the bulbs to dry off gradually. 



Camellias should be prepared for housing the latter part of the month. 



Herbaceous plants may be safely transplanted in September. 



Heliotropes for winter flowering should now be repotted, and placed in the 

 house. 



Greenhouse plants of all kinds should now be put in good order ; the soil 

 top-dressed ; shoots tied up, pruned into shape, and every thing done to prevent 

 haste, when frosty nights set in. 



