1 THE PHILADELPHIA FLORIST. [July 



l<§^ ^cM 



s the coarser kinds are destroyed by this time, while the finer kinds ^@ v 

 1 grow closer and make a more velvety surface. Flower beds will re- 

 quire frequent stirring of the surface soil, in order both to keep down 

 the weeds and to render it cool ; where the flowers are grown in masses 

 they should be frequently pegged down — it shades, as well as sooner 

 fills the beds. Now is the season to observe what kinds of plants are 

 best adapted to bedding out purposes, so that cuttings may be procur- 

 ed in time for next season's plants. All the various kinds of Petu- 

 nias are excellent, they endure any amount of drought or heat, and 

 are very showy. The Senecio Jacob^ea, or s. elegans, makes a good 

 crimson ; Gaillurdia picta, French Marigold ; Cuphea platycentra, 

 Scarlet and Pink Geraniums, all make fine bedding-out plants. Ver- 

 benas and Heliotropes are more nice in their soil, they often fail. — 

 Roses may now be budded, but wherever practicable they should be 

 propagated from cuttings or lavers — budded plants often die, and gen- 

 erally sucker much. 



Vegetable Garden. — In the early part of the month another crop 

 of Dwarf Beans may be put in ; they will come in most useful be- 

 fore winter ; the early six weeks is the best for this crop. If the 

 ground has been trenched deeply, sow also another crop of Banksian 

 Marrow Peas ; Savory, Cape Broccoli, and Drumhead Cabbage, 

 ought also lo be put out at once ; Kohl Rabi does best in rich stony 

 loam. Those who can protect the Large Sulphur Broccoli in win- 

 ter, ought to plant out now in deep, rich soil — they will head the Feb- 

 ruary following. Endive, in many places, has become essential; to- 

 wards the end of the month sow for the main crop. We have given 

 up growing the Batavian, the Curled being always preferred. To- 

 wards the end of the month, sow a few Ruta Bagas, (Skirving's im- 

 proved Swede,) and prepare for the main crop — ground sloping to 

 the North produces the best crops. In all cases keep down weeds; 

 never suffer one to flower, much less seed — 1 would rather be a week 

 behind with a crop than allow a weed to get ahead. T. J. 



Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. 



The sixth stated meeting of the Society for 1852, was held on Tu- 

 esday evening at the Society's Hall, Chinese Museum, VV. D. Brinckle, 

 M. D., V. P. presided, (at last stated meeting P. A. Keyser presided, 

 not Dr. B., as we had it. We wonder where our President is!) The 

 display was not so extensive as we had anticipated, either in fruits or 

 flowers. Jas. Bisset, Sr. exhibited cherries, for which a prize was a- 

 warded; Mr. J. S. Lovering's gardener, Mr. Miller, exhibited flowers 

 and fruit, consisting of several varieties of choice strawberries, which 

 excited the Epicurean dispositions of who] — every one who saw them 



kSPo^ , <&?£ 



