bloom for a long time yet. I have been much 

 pleased with the excellent results of pruning these 

 beautiful plants. When by plucking the flowers 

 they can no longer be kept in check and form seed- 

 pods freely, I cut them down with shears to about 

 eighteen inches to two feet from the ground, clip- 

 ping off also all the side shoots and pods below 

 that level. With the administration of water and 

 a little liquid manure they then come on again 

 and the new growth flowers almost as vigorously 

 as before. 



The large pink mallow has been quite a feature 

 in the garden and has been covered with masses 

 of flowers. The moist season seems to have 

 suited it, though many of the roses have suffered 

 from mildew. I have applied the remedy so 

 strongly recommended by Dean Hole, namely, 

 soot, and many of the bushes, therefore, are very 

 unsightly and unapproachable. 



The second crop of flowers is still on the Can- 

 terbury bells and a few foxgloves have strug- 

 gled into bloom again, whilst a number of lilies, 

 chiefly auratum and speciosum, show their beauti- 

 ful heads through the shrubs. 



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