Aug.] 



THE FLOWER GARDEN. 



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watered, and placed in a shaded place, till the season ap- 

 proaches, when they will have to be placed in frames for their 

 winter habitation. Those which are less valuable, are gene- 

 rally called border flowers, and those planted in our flower 

 gardens, should, when fully rooted, be also taken off, which 

 they will be in from four to six weeks after laying, and 

 planted in beds in a warm border, or other well-sheltered 

 place, at five or six inches apart, or more, according to 

 iheir size, where they are to remain till planted out in the 

 flower borders, either in autumn, or with greater success in 

 spring. 



Pinks propagated by pipings last montn, should also be 

 looked over ; and if sufficiently rooted, they should be taken 

 up and planted in a sheltered situation in nursing-beds, five 

 or six inches apart, in which they are to remain until they 

 are planted out in the flower borders. Such pipings as may 

 not yet have made sufficient roots, should be, as often as they 

 require it, supplied with water and kept clear of weeds. 



AURICULAS. 



Auriculas in pots, of the finer kinds, or such as are 

 planted in the flower borders, the offsets of which were not 

 taken off" in May, may now be done, and the finer or scarcer 

 sorts potted in pots of the size called large sixties, or small 

 forty-eights, where they will remain till spring, to be potted 

 off" into larger ones. The more common kinds, when taken 

 off*, may be planted in beds in the reserve garden, and at- 

 tended to with water and shade for a few weeks, when they 

 will be sufficiently established to be either planted out or left 

 till spring. 



ALPINE PLANTS IN POTS. 



The collection of Alpine plants in pots should be gone 

 over, and any of the more rare divided, if done flowering, to 

 increase the stock. Those which have perfected their seeds, 

 or which are in progi'ess of perfection, such as the fami- 

 lies of Draba, Arabis, and indeed most of the plants of 



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