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JULY — FOURTH WEES. 



have done blooming, to be freely cut in, and to be set in 

 a cool shady place to break. 



Polygalas to be treated in the same manner as the 

 JPimeleas. 



STOVE AND ORCHID-HOUSE. 



Look out for insects in the stove, and destroy them as 

 soon as visible. The Gishurst Compound is worthy of a 

 trial. Pollow former instructions as to moisture and air. 



Ixoras. — When done blooming to be cut in rather 

 closely, to be started in a gentle heat to make fresh 

 growth. The Orchids suspended on baskets, or on blocks 

 of wood, require a soaking of water at the roots, and 

 frequent, but slight, syringings overhead. A little fire- 

 heat applied in the afternoon will be of service to them. 



forcing-houses. 



Figs. — If the second crop on the earliest trees is 

 advancing towards maturity, as soon as the fruit begins 

 to ripen the atmosphere should be kept dry and rather 

 cool, giving air freely every line day. Xeep the foliage 

 clean and healthy, and clear from insects, and do not allow 

 the young shoots to get crowded. 



Melons. — Keep up a good bottom heat when the fruit 

 is setting. Keep the plants on which the fruit is ripening 

 rather dry at the root, with an abundance of air in fine 

 weather. 



Pines. — Air to be admitted freely during hot weather 

 to fruiting and succession plants. Particular care will 

 be necessary in the application of water that they may 

 not suffer for want of it, or by saturation. The walls, 

 paths, and surface of the bed to be kept constantly 

 moist, and frequent syringings to be given to the young 

 stock. Continue all other routine operations according 

 to former directions. 



Strawberries. — Some lay the runners at once into 

 pots of strong, rich loam, cutting them away from the 

 parent plants when they have made roots enough for 

 their own support. Some prefer to lay them in small 

 pots, to be shifted into larger by-and-by, and ethers pre- 

 fer to lay them in their fruiting-pots. The principal 

 object should be, to attain plants of a moderate growth, 

 well matured and rested before forcing time. 



