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AUGUST — FIRST WEEK. 



AUGUST. 



FIEST WEEK. 



GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY. 



The conservatory borders will now require liberal 

 supplies of water. Faded blossoms to be constantly- 

 removed ; straggling growth, and exhausted stock to be 

 cut previous to making a new growth. As the autumn 

 is fast approaching, the sooner the new growths are 

 encouraged the better, that they may have sufficient 

 time to mature them. All greenhouse plants will now 

 be benefited by exposure to the natural atmosphere : 

 the dews are more refreshing and invigorating than arti- 

 ficial moisture or the application of the syringe. 



Finish potting all specimen plants ; for if left until 

 later in the season they will not have sufficient time to 

 fill their pots with roots, and, therefore, will be liable to 

 suffer from stagnation of water at the roots. ZSTo position 

 can be worse for a plant than that of surrounding it with 

 fresh soil for months when the roots should be in a com- 

 paratively dormant state. 



Pelargoniums. — Continue to head them down, and 

 to propagate the cuttings, which will now strike freely 

 in a sunny situation in the open ground. 



STOVB AND ORCHID-HOUSE. 



jVIuch moisture and free ventilation will be necessary 

 here during warm weather. The young plants of Euphor- 

 bias, Ixoras, Poinsettias, and other such stove plants, 

 to be rendered bushy by stopping them betimes. The 

 JEschynanthus grandiflorus, Aphela?idra cristata, Eran- 

 the mum pulchellum, Justicias, and any others that are 

 intended for the decoration of the conservatory in the 

 autumn and early part of winter, should be carefully 

 looked over, and shifted without delay if they want 

 more pot-room ; the shoots to be tied out thinly, and to 



