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OPERATIONS FOR AUGUST. 
Cinnamon.— Cuttings of this plant may now be put in with success. Vol. I. 
p. 147. 
Chrysanthemums. — The young plants, intended to flower in the greenhouse 
or conservatory next November, should now be potted in good-sized pots, and be 
regularly watered with a mixture of soap-suds and manure water, and continue to J 
supply it till the flowering season is over. 
Gardenia Florida. — The young plants, struck last spring, and which have 
been growing in a brisk moist heat, will now have formed their flower-buds, and 
should, therefore, gradually be inured to the temperature of the greenhouse, until 
the time it is thought fit to bring them into flower. 
Gladioli, now done flowering, must have very little water until the tops are 
dead, when it must be discontinued altogether. 
Hearts-ease. — Sow the seeds as they are gathered this month, on beds of 
light sandy soil, and cover them lightly. Vol. I. p. 116. 
Ipomopsis elegans, and picta. — Seeds of these species, sown about the 
beginning of this month, and nursed through the winter in a frame or greenhouse, 
will flower very finely the following June. 
Mignonette, for early spring flowering, should be sown about the third week 
in August. The pots in which it is sown should be placed in a frame, as recom- 
mended, Vol. II. p. 6. 
Petunia violacea. — Cuttings of this plant, if not put in last month, should 
be planted early in this, in small pots, for sheltering in frames through the winter. 
The design of this is to prepare a stock for the flower borders the following spring. 
Pomegranates. — Well-ripened cuttings, planted in pots of sandy loam and 
peat, covered with a hand or bell-glass, and placed in a shady part of the green- 
house or stove, will strike if put in this month. Care must be taken not to suffer 
them to become mouldy during the winter. Vol. I. p. 64. 
Schizanthus retusus, and some other species, make the finest plants if 
sown the first week in this month, and preserved through the winter in a frame or 
cool airy greenhouse. Vol. I. p. 5. 
Stocks, to flower early in spring, should now be sown in 48-sized pots, filled 
with light soil, and be placed on a south-east or west border until they are up. 
When cold weather advances they should be sheltered in frames. Vol. II. p. 31. 
Sweet Williams. — Early in this month, if convenient, remove the seedlings 
to the situations where they are to flower; if not convenient to do so, let them 
remain in the seedling bed till spring. Vol. I. p. 67. 
Verbena Melindres. — Put in cuttings of this plant early in the month, to 
be preserved through the winter, in a frame or greenhouse, for the flower borders 
next spring ; also, re-pot those struck last May, that they may become fine plants 
for early flowering next year. Vol. I. p. 174. 
