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THE GARDEXET^ 



[JULY. 



the ber::::::::^ c: the season, all kinds of 



Si iniiila:i:s were in recuisitieri to insure a rapid growth, 

 but from this time ahl sare modes of retarding vegeta- 

 tion should be resorted to. in order that tins season's 

 growth may be ripened as much as our means can 

 erfect. These trer^eral rules may be of more use than 

 tiinute det:\hs."^ 



Ventilate ti. : ^e perfectly; the ripening 



fruit requires a - : : . :..\:ion of air. for which pur- 



pose the door should be left open even at night, unless a 

 lapid maturity be deshed. Remove the small berries 

 from the bunches of grapes, and whitewash the walls 

 of the grapery, if t::e red s rider b-^ at work. Water 

 more sparingly in th? ^rfr:d::r^? a::,! conservatoiy. 

 Put 0".:: the iarly seru:!v :-a:::r.,s c: Pr" - : :dums 

 into bed- in the open garden, er in a pit a ie\^' inches 



deep, hooped over so as to admit of a matting cover 

 across: plant them wdth a dibber in rows six inches 

 apart, arid label the sorts : place a forked stick upright at 

 each end. on this lay a transverse p e "-hidn you 



can throw seme prorectii:^ c:^'er, n. , :n:tings 



have struck in the new s::h The usual time tor tak- 

 ing cuttm^s o: Pdar^^mnums is immediately after 

 they have done i:owerini\ when they sh:uha be headed 

 to the second or third leaf above tnis year's shoot. 

 You may also, with iiU'eat pronriety, put four or tve 

 cuttings intj pars of rive or six inches in diameter, an 

 inch mom the side-, whieh p::s can he laid umier the 

 shaaiim of a wad ^hut net unmr the drip ircm it\ 

 wnere. tncu^h they may be cxim^sed to much rain, tiie 

 evaporation will be so great as to prevent those ill ef- 

 fects which connned moisture will have on then* gene- 

 ral vigour, however much it might promote their 

 striking. The three summer months are the most fa- 

 vourable for taking cuttings of Pelargoniums, though 



• Gardeners' Chrcn., July '20, 1844. 



