JULY.] 



THE GARDENER. 



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bar of the T. With your finger and thumb bring the 

 two sides of the longitudinal bar over the bark of the 

 bud, or rather the shield, and with a piece of well- 

 soaked matting begin an inch below this bar, and bind 

 all the way up to an inch above the horizontal bar, 

 taking good care to leave the bud peeping out. Bind 

 in such a way as to exclude the air, for that is the in- 

 tent of binding in this case. Tie your piece of mat- 

 ting on first, and then wind it round and round the 

 stock, as you would a ribbon, taking care not to twist 

 the matting. Wind it slowly, and every time you 

 have gone completely round give a gentle pull to make 

 it firm." 



Pits and Frames^ and open Hotbeds. — Thin the 

 leaves of melons and stop the laterals of the suc- 

 cessional plants ; peg down the runners of cucumbers, 

 vegetable marrow, and gourds ; renew linings where 

 wanted, and make fresh beds for late crops ; keep 

 mushroom beds that are bearing cool. 



Flower Garden. — Tie up Carnations and shade 

 them. This is usually a rainy month, but if other- 

 wise you must water them ; beware, however, of 

 asing fresh cow manure" dissolved in the water 

 for those delicate plants, as some gardeners have 

 done to their vexation — grubs having been generated 

 iy this matter in such numbers as to destroy the 

 fayers.* Take up Ranunculuses of value when 

 their leaves fade, for by a fresh vegetation they sustain 

 injury. Arrange the Pelargoniums that are going out 

 of flower in a sunny border, cutting them down as be- 

 fore directed, when the wood has fully ripened. Pro- 

 tect Auriculas and Polyanthuses from rain. 



From the middle of June to the end of the first week of 

 this month is the proper season for propagating Carna- 

 tions and Pinks by cuttings and pipings. To take a 



• See Gardeners' Chron., July 20, 1844. 



