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THE FLOWER GARDEN. 



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operation. The plants, if strong, and if the border has been 

 well made, and watered in dry weather, will produce abundance 

 of good flowers, and for a long period. 



PINKS IN BEDS. 



The finer pinks in beds will require to be refreshed with 

 water in dry weather, and have their flower-steras neatly tied 

 up as they advance. Those who are ambitious of fine flowers, 

 seldom allow more than two or three flowers to remain upon 

 each stalk. The surface of the beds should be frequently 

 stirred up ; and if it should sink, so as to leave the plants ex- 

 posed to the drought, a little fresh mould should be laid upon 

 the surface, which will greatly strengthen the plants. 



AURICULAS IN POTS. 



The fine auricula plants in pots, which will now have done 

 flowering, should be removed from the stage, or out of the 

 frame where they perfected their flowers, and be placed upon 

 a dry airy spot, where they may enjoy the morning sun only 

 till nine or ten o'clock. In such a situation they should re- 

 main till the middle of September. 



During summer, the pots, and the ground on which they 

 stand, should be kept clear of weeds, and all decayed leaves 

 taken off' as they appear. Where offsets are strong, they may 

 be now disengaged from the parent plant, and planted in a 

 shaded border till September, when they should be taken up 

 and potted. 



Let the plants in pots be supplied once a day with water in 

 dry weather, and also care be taken that they be not injured 

 by too much wet, particularly in wet seasons, or towards the 

 end of summer ; for although the auricula requires a consider- 

 able portion of water during summer, still it is impatient of 

 too much moisture both in autumn and spring. 



