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GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR AUGUST. 



charming plant is found, for it fills the air with fragrance as delicate and deli- 

 cious as that of our favourite flower. The flowers are rather large for those of 

 an Epidendrum of this class, of a dull reddish green colour, with a lip delicately 

 streaked with deep lilac. It was imported by Messrs. Loddiges from Essequibo. 

 Bot. Reg. 



Epidendrum viridi purpureum. Hook. Purplish green Epidendrum. Bot. 

 Mag. t. 3366. An Epidendrum of no great beauty, a native of Jamaica, and 

 imported by Mr. Horsfall of Liverpool, in whose collection it flowered. A plant 

 has also flowered in the stove of the Glasgow Botanic Garden, which was sent 

 to that establishment by Dr. D. M. Fayden. Bot. Mag. 



CALENDAR OF GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR AUGUST. 



Shift into larger pots all greenhouse and stove plants requiring it, and 

 occasionally reset the greenhouse which are out of doors, to prevent them 

 rooting into the ground on which they are set, otherwise they will begin to grow 

 too vigorously, and receiye a severe check when removed. 



A few stove plants of those placed' in the greenhouse may be put out of doors 

 for a few weeks with advantage at this time. 



Put in cuttings of greenhouse plants, particularly of Pelargonium, Verbena, 

 Petunia, Anagallis, and other soft- wooded genera, that are wanted for planting 

 out into the borders the following spring. When rooted they may be trans- 

 planted around the sides of small pots, five or six in a pot. 



Sow Mignonette in pots, for winter and spring flowering. 



Sow Californian Annuals, for spring flowering ; all of them are so hardy as 

 to endure the severity of any winter ; they will also flower finer, and be more 

 brilliant in their colours, than those sown in the spring. 



Towards the end of the month the Pink pipings will require transplanting 

 into stove beds ; previous to which, when thoroughly rooted, the hand-glasses 

 must gradually be removed, giving them air by raising them upon bricks, and 

 increasing the quantity every two or three days until they can finally be removed. 



Sow Stocks, and other hardy biennials, for flowering next season. 



Pansies may occasionally be struck from cuttings throughout the month, 



Stake all flowering plants, and keep them neatly tied up, particularly 

 Dahlias, which soon get disfigured if not securely tied up. 



Layer Carnations, Picotees, and Cloves. 



Attend to the sowing, of Annuals as they ripen. 



Normandy cress for winter, may be sown towards the end of the month. 

 Many of the hardy shrubs may be successfully laid during this month, using 

 the young shoots for that purpose. 



