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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 



soon as the flowers begin to decay. Keep up a good 

 display of bloom. Lace-flowering Pelargoniums will 

 take the place of the early ones, "fancies," when 

 well done, are very effective for decorative purposes. 

 Fuchsias will also take the place of Azaleas. Give 

 plenty of air during the night as well as the day, 

 guarding the openings with gauze or net to keep the 

 bees out. Shade in bright weather. 



Greenhouses. 

 Hard wooded Plants.— The more delicate plants 

 in-doors will require attention. In bright weather 

 shade for a few hours in the middle of the day. Give 

 plenty of air, and attend well to the watering. Shift 

 any plants that may require it. Syringe daily over- 

 head all plants not in flower. The plants out of doors 

 will also require attention. In hot dry weather they 

 should be frequently watered overhead. The young 

 plants in frames will require constant attention. 

 Shift such as require it. Attend regularly to training 

 of the plants. Turn them round every three or four 

 days that all parts may have the benefit of sun and 

 air. Softwooded Plants. — Pelargoniums.— If not 

 already done the early-flowering plants should be 

 cut down without delay ; they should be kept rather 

 dry for a few days, and should then be encouraged to 

 break To prolong the beauty of the plants in flower 

 shading will be necessary through the middle of the 

 day. Cuttings will now root freely in the open border. 

 Cinerarias.— Look occasionally over those planted 

 out, and see they do not suffer for want of water in 

 dry m eather. The first batch of seedling plants should 

 all now have a liberal shift, and be kept growing 

 freely. Young seedlings pot off as soon as they are 

 large enough. Calceolarias.— Attend to the shading 

 and watering of these while in flower. Remove those 

 going out of flower to a shady situation, where they 

 will throw up their offsets, which should be taken off 

 for cuttings as soon as they are large enough. Fuchsias. 

 — Plants in flower must be well attended to in watering. 

 They should also be shaded in the middle of the day, 

 and some gauze or net should be placed over the 

 openings to keep out the bees. The plants for flower- 

 ing late must be well looked after. 



Stove. 



Many of the plants will have made good growth ; 

 and to get this properly matured, air must be freely 

 admitted, and shading should be less used. Attend 

 well to the watering. Clerodendrons and other robust- 

 growing plants should be watered occasionally with 

 weak liquid manure. Syringe daily all plants not in 

 flower. Look well after insects. Plants for winter- 

 flowering should now be attended to. Shift any that 

 may require it, and put in cuttings of whatever it may 

 be desirable to increase the stock of. 



Flower Garden. 

 The principal work here at present will be to keep 

 everything iu proper order. Go frequently over the 

 beds, and nicely regulate and peg down the young 

 shoots until the surface of the ground is well covered. 

 Attend to the tying-up of Dahlias, Hollyhocks, and 

 all tall-growing plants. In dry weather attend to 

 the watering of plants in baskets, vases, &c. Carna- 

 tions and Picotees. — Propagate by layering. Pinks 

 and Pansies. — Propagate by cuttings. Put in cuttings 

 Of double Wallflowers, Pentstemons, Antirrhinums, 

 Phloxes, and choice herbaceous plants of all kinds. 

 Youugseedlmg Wallflowers, Sweet Williams, Brompton 

 Stocks, and other biennials, should either be planted 

 out into reserve-beds, or where they are to flower. 

 Roses must be attended to. Cut off all decaying 

 flowers. Destroy insects. Cuttings of the young 

 wood, with the bottom part partly ripened, will now 

 strike freely in sandy soil. Cut Box-edgings. Clean 

 and roll walks, and maintain great order and neat- 

 ness. 



Forcing. 



Fruit,— Pine Apples.— Plants swelling-off fruit 

 should be watered occasionally with liquid manure. 

 All watering should cease when the fruit begins to 

 colour; they should then have plenty of air. The 



plants for winter-fruiting will now be "starting," and 

 every necessary attention should be paid to them. 

 The Black Jamaica is the best of all Pines for winter 

 fruiting. When they "show" fruit at this season 

 they flower before the autumn, and under favourable 

 circumstances always swell off well, Plants for 

 fruiting next spring and summer should be put into 

 their fruiting-pots at once. Succession plants that 

 require a shift should be potted forthwith ; they will 

 then complete their growth before' the dull days of 

 autumn. In replunging the plants, allow plenty of room 

 between them for their growth during the next three 

 months, and keep them as near the glass as possible. 

 They will not require much water until they begin to 

 root freely into the fresh soil. Vines. — Sprinkle well 

 with water, and frequently, the floor, paths, borders, 

 of all viDeries where the fruit is swelling, other- 

 wise it will be difficult to keep the foliage clear of red 

 spider. Give an abundance of air during the day, and 

 in vineries where the Grapes are ripening some air 

 should be admitted at night. Peaches and Nec- 

 tarines. — Attend to directions in previous calendar. 

 Figs.— Give an abundance of air during the day ; 

 also a little at night. Whilst the second crop of fruit 

 is swelling, the trees should be well watered, and as 

 moist an atmosphere kept up as possible by syringing 

 the foliage, and well sprinkling the paths, borders, 

 &c. Cherries. — See the trees are clear of insects, and 

 that they do not suffer from want of water. Straw- 

 berries.— time should be lost in layering in small 

 pots as many plants as may be wanted for forcing 

 next season. Those layered last month should be put 

 into their fruiting-pots at once. Use a compost of 

 good strong loam and dung. Afier the plants are 

 potted they will require considerable attention; they 

 should be placed in a situation where they will be 

 fully exposed to the sun and air. They will not require 

 much water until they begin to root into the fresh 

 soil ; but if the weather be dry they should be carefully 

 syringed every afternoon, otherwise the red spider 

 will be troublesome. Melons. — Withhold water from 

 fruit that is ripening. Give plenty of air during the 

 day. Attend carefully to the want of the successional 

 crops. Water when required. Maintain a good bottom 

 heat ; on no account allow the foliage to get crowded. 

 Ventilate freely. Cucumbers.— Stop, thin, and regu- 

 late the shoots. Keep the foliage healthy and free 

 from the red spider. See the bottom heat is sufficient. 



Hardy Fruit. 

 Peaches, Nectarines, and Apricots. — In dry weather 

 these should have a good soaking of water, and the 

 borders should be mulched with long dung, lied 

 spiper will be troublesome on Peach and Nectarine 

 trees that are dry at root. Peaches and Nectarines. 

 —Nail-in shoots as they advance, removing all not 

 wanted for next year, and stopping all gross ones. 

 Morello Cherries. —Treat in a similar manner. Re- 

 move all foreright shoots off Apples, Bears, Cherries, 

 and Plums; and if the spurs are too crowded they 

 should be thinned. Go over Gooseberry and Currant 

 bushes, and thin out the young wood. Thin-out 

 Kaspberry canes. Cover trees with nets to protect 

 from birds. 



Kitchen Garden. 

 Continue to hoe and stir the surface of the ground 

 between the growing crops, and water well when 

 necessary. Get good breaaths of Cauliflowers, Broc- 

 coli, Brussels Sprouts, Borecole, and Winter Greens of 

 all kinds planted out as soon as possible. Plant-out 

 Celery in well-manured trenches, and earth -op that 

 planted-out last month. Leeks.— Plant-out in Avell- 

 manured trenches. Endive. — Sow and plant out. 

 Lettuces.— Sow, and plant out for successional crops. 

 Spi?iaeh.— So\r. Turnips.— Sow a large breadth for 

 winter supply. Cabbages of sorts.— Sow about the 

 middle of the month, iihallots and Qarlic.— Take up, 

 dry, and store away. Potatoes. — Ash-leaved Kidneys, 

 as soon as ripe, should be taken up, laid in the sun to 

 green, and then stored away for sets next spring. As 

 herbs come into flower cut and dry in a shaded airy 

 situation. Remove all crops as soon as they are over, 

 and keep the walks, paths, and every place as clean as 

 possible. — M, S. 



