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week, it would be beneficial to their growth. Give regular 

 sprinklings from the r.»se of a watering-pot, or syringe, to 

 shrubby plants in general, but particularly Camellias, Orange 

 and Lemon trees, &c, in order to keep them in a healthy 

 state. 



Such bulbous roots in pots, whose foliage have withered, 

 should be kept dry until the period of regerminating, 65 

 and 98 ; others may be taken up as soon as ripe, after 

 which the offsets may be parted off, and both these and the 

 parent bulbs dried for planting in Autumn, 64. 



The flower garden should be kept weeded and watered^ 

 and the seeds gathered as they ripen ; apply neat rods to 

 tall-growing and running kinds of plants 13. Nip off curled 

 and dead leaves, and destroy insects. 14. 



Orange and Lemon trees may be budded at any time 

 this month, and those which were headed down in the 

 Spring, 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 pro- 

 mote their branching. Myrtles, Oleanders, and such other 

 plants as may have been headed down in May, will need 

 similar treatment. 



Carnations, Pinks, Panseys, Running Verbenas, &c° 

 may be layed this month for propagation, 32 and 33 ; 

 many kinds of cuttings, as Geraniums, Roses and exotic 

 shrubs, may still be planted with success, 48. 



AUGUST. 



" When clouds slow dissolve, as if ttirn'd into air, 

 And vanish from sight, the next day will be fair ; 

 But when, in succession, they darker appear, 

 With watery aspect, then know rain is near." 



Greenhouse plants will need particular attention this 

 month. They should be watered every evening in dry wea= 



