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water them overhead through a rose-pot eyery evening when 

 the weather is hot and dry. 



AUGUST, 



Piries. — That portion of the stock which are intended for 

 early summer supply next year, should, by the end of this 

 mouth, have their pots well filled with roots, and be of a 

 stocky well-matured growth. If kept growing late into the 

 autumn, there is little certainty of getting them to start in 

 time to yield ripe fruit next May and June. Care must he 

 taken, while inducing a stubby well-matured growth and a 

 pot full of roots, that the plants do not suffer from dryness 

 at root and an arid atmosphere ; and though towards the end 

 of the month moisture requires to be decreased, avoid by all 

 means the "drying-off" system. Those intended to start, 

 after making a growth in spring, must still be encouraged to 

 grow, and be managed as directed for succession plants last 

 month. Smooth Cayennes, and other late varieties now out of 

 bloom and swelling off, encourage with waterings of guano- 

 water, a moist atmosphere, and a high temperature in the 

 afternoon and evening when sun-heat can be stored. Eruit 

 colouring and ripe, see former ." Calendar." Suckers from 

 those plants that have fruited up to this time will now be 

 ready to pot. Shade them from the sun during the hottest 

 part of the day for ten or fourteen days, by which time they 

 wiU be making roots. Syringe them lightly in the after- 

 noon at shuting-up time, and when they have made roots 

 about 2 inches long, water them with water at 85°. After 

 this they soon begin to grow freely, and should have an 

 abundant supply of air to keep them stocky. 



Grapes. — Early houses, where the wood is thoroughly rip- 

 ened, may now have the lights removed off them where 

 such are movable, if the wood require painting and other 

 repairs ; these, and all alterations in the way of heating, should 

 also be carried out forthwith. Should the weather be dry, 

 late grapes that are swelling off and about the colouring-point 



