MEMORANDA FOR THE MONTH 281 

 August 



IS also a propitious month for budding ; but if the 

 weather is hot and the ground parched, it will be 

 desirable to give the beds a good drenching with 

 water * when the evening sun is low.' 



The cotton may be removed from the Briers budded 

 in July ; it should remain about a month or six 

 weeks upon the stock. 



Cuttings may be taken at the beginning of the 

 month from the ripened shoots. These must be 

 removed at the point from which they grow from the 

 old wood, and a slip of this w^ood must be cut off 

 with them, forming ^a heel' in gardener's phraseology. 

 The cuttings about 3 inches long, should be inserted 

 to the depth of i inch, round the edge of a pot filled 

 with a light rich soil of leaf-mould and loam, with an 

 abundance of silver sand ; and being well pressed 

 round the roots, and well watered through the rose, 

 should be put in a frame under a north wall until 

 they have * callused.' They should then be placed in 

 bottom-heat under glass, and when rooted should be 

 dignified with pots of their own, restored for a little 

 while to heat, and then gradually inured to the air, 

 grown on, and repotted. 



September 



brings us little to do, except to remove suckers and 



