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alyssums, dielytras, etc., and cuttings of laurels, aucubas, and other 
slu’ubs, must be struck in the shade ; but geranium cuttings should 
be struck in the full sun. Where long ripe branches of geraniums 
can be spared, they are better than soft shoots ; and, if pinched for 
time, strike a lot of such rij)e branches in five-inch pots, half-a-dozen 
in a pot, put all round, and they need not be potted separately till 
spring, when started for bedding out. Dahlias require special 
attention now as they come into bloom ; earwigs are very de- 
structive, and must be trapped with bean-stalks, or a handful of 
hay may be stuffed into an empty flower-pot and put on a stake, 
and the vermin shaken out into salt and water every morning. 
Greenhouse. — Show and fancy pelargoniums done blooming 
must be turned out and placed in a sheltered position. After a 
week’s exposure, cut them in to the first or second eye at the bottom 
of each shoot, and place them in a cold pit, to make their new 
growth. They must now, for some time, be kept from growing 
rapidly, and have but little water. When they have broken well, 
they must be repotted into the smallest pots their roots can be got 
into, and all the old soil must be shaken off, and the roots mode- 
rately thinned. Shift all greenhouse plants required for late 
blooming, and grow them on to a good size before allowing them to 
blossom. Cinerarias for winter blooming must have good culture 
and shifts as required, and camellias may be shifted, if necessary ; 
but, if well potted in the first instance, they will flourish in the 
same pots for two seasons in succession, and to overpot them is to 
do them injury, from which they may never recover. 
Stove. — As pines colour, they should be kept moderately dry. 
Plants shy of fruiting should be kept dry for awhile, to cause a 
check, and then be liberally soaked, and kept warm and moist, and 
the new growth will result in the production of fruit. But to check 
them before they are well matured may cause premature fruiting, 
and should not be done until the plants have had a long course of 
liberal culture. Young stock must be encouraged to grow strong, 
by allowing plenty of room in which to expand their leaves ; give 
plenty of water, and repot as necessary. In vineries great attention 
must be paid to keeping the foliage healthy to the last, as on this 
depends the maturation of the buds that are to fruit next season. 
Keep up a moist atmosphere, and watch vigilantly against red 
spider. Plants heavily laden with fruit must have the assistance of 
strong manure water. Be careful not to cut away laterals too 
freely, as they are most useful in helping the maturation of the 
bunches. 
HOETICULTUEAL APFAIR?. 
OYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. — Summer Exhibition, June 
4 and n . — This exhibition, altliough weak in some respects, was, con- 
sidered as a whole, most satisfactory and interesting. The Pelargoniums, 
Azaleas, and Heaths, which may be had in prime condition during the 
early part of June, were omitted from the schedule, and the tent was, 
consequently, not so bright as it might have been. The chief interest of the exhi- 
bition centred in the new plants, which were presented in much larger numbers 
July. 
