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see page 348, &c. You may at the same time take oft' any strong 

 slips that have fibres attached to them, and plant them as there 

 directed; this fresh earth will strengthen the plants greatly, and 

 improve their flowers the following spring. All your auriculas will 

 require, at this season, is to be kept where they can be free from 

 the mid-day sun, and enjoy that of the morning till nine or ten 

 o'clock, and that of the afternoon after four or five. 



The choice polyanthuses, under similar circumstances, should be 

 treated in every respect as recommended for the auriculas. 



Transplant auricula and polyanthus seedlings, as directed in 

 pages 348 and 349, observing to give them proper shade and occa- 

 sional waterings, and also to close the earth well about their roots, 

 otherwise the worms will draw them out of the ground. 



Removing and Planting Bulbous Roots. 



Tn the first week of this month, if not done in July, you should 

 plant all the autumn flowering bulbs which you have yet out of 

 ground; such as crocuses, colchicums autumnal, narcissuses, amaryl- 

 lises, &c. and likewise any spring flowering bulbs that do not agree 

 with being kept too long in a dry state; as fritillaries, crown impe- 

 rials, snow-drops, spring crocuses, martagons, red and white lilies, 

 bulbous irises, &c. Any of the latter kinds may now be taken up 

 and immediately transplanted; but this should be done early in the 

 month, before they begin to push out new fibres; after which they 

 would be considerably weakened by a removal. You may also at 

 this time take up, separate, and transplant the roots of posonias, 

 flag irises, and any other hardy kinds of fleshy or tuberous-rooted 

 flowers, whose leaves are now decayed. When the roots are taken 

 up the small offsets should be separated and planted in beds, to in- 

 crease the kinds, and the large roots replanted in any beds or bor- 

 ders where wanted for flowering. Each respective kind is to be 

 covered from two to four inches deep, generally in proportion to 

 the size and strength of the roots. 



Transplanting Seedling Perennials and Biennials. 



Transplant into nursery beds the seedlings of the various kinds 

 of perennial and biennial flowers, that are now of a proper size, as 

 directed in page 425; or such may now be planted finally where 

 they are to flower next season. As the wall-flower and stock-gilly 

 flower plants will, in the middle and eastern states, require some 

 protection in winter, such should now be transplanted into pots, or 

 into beds where frames may be placed over them, on the approach 

 of severe frosts. 



Sowing Seeds of Bulbous-rooted Flowers. 



The seeds of tulips, hyacinths, narcissuses, irises, crown impe- 

 rials, fritillaries and lilies, or of any other kinds of bulbs, whose 

 seeds are ripe, may now be sown, in order to obtain new varieties. 



