JULY — FIRST WEEK. 



JULY. 



PIE ST WEEK. 



GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY. 



The plants permanently planted out in the borders of 

 the conservatory should have a thorough soaking of weak 

 liquid manure. Give all the air possible at this season, 

 both night and day, and keep the house as neat and clean 

 as possible. If it contains many tender stove plants, 

 shut it up for an hour while the sun is on it in the 

 evening, so as to produce a more genial atmosphere for 

 them. 



Achimenes. — Encourage them, as also Clerodendrons, 

 &c, to grow and to prolong their beauty in the con- 

 servatory by supplying them with liquid manure, taking 

 particular care not to give it too strong, especially at 

 first. 



Cinerarias. — Sow seed immediately. Plants for early 

 blooming should also be potted and started at once, 

 choosing the strongest suckers for the purpose, and 

 placing them in a cool, shady frame until they have made 

 fresh growth. 



Chrysanthemums. — Propagate some for blooming in 

 small pots. 



Heaths. — Pluck off the flowers and seed-pods as soon 

 as they become unsightly, and prune straggling growth. 

 The softwooded kinds — such as the ventricosa, &c. — do 

 best in a sheltered situation in the open air, with means 

 to protect them during heavy rains ; while the woolly- 

 leaved — such as Masonii, &c. — and hardwooded varieties 

 delight in cold pits where the glass can be shaded or 

 used for protection as necessary. Examine the plants 

 which were not shifted in the spring, and, if necessary, 

 pot them without delay ; but if they require to be cut in, 

 to make them bushy, it will be best to Jet them break 

 afresh before they are repotted. 



