GARDENING CALENDAR FOR JULY. 
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atmosphere can be attained and kept up) is 
almost unnecessary, the more so that fire-heat 
can now almost be done without. 
FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERY. 
Sow early a few more annuals to bloom 
late in the season ; also a few biennials and 
perennials. 
Plant and Transplant all hardy and half- 
hardy annuals ; also greenhouse plants, 
wherever required to fill up vacancies in the 
beds or borders; such as are planted out of 
pots, should have the balls of earth a little 
loosened ; give them all thorough waterings. 
General Directions. — Get up, without 
delay, all tuberous roots, as anemones and 
ranunculus, also tulips, &c, and have their 
places immediately filled with annuals brought 
on in pots, such as stocks, &c. ; greenhouse 
plants will also come in. Attend to staking 
and tying up every plant that requires it. Go 
on with the mowing and its accompaniments. 
Persevere with the propagating of herbaceous 
and shrubbery plants by layers, cuttings, slips, 
and budding. Have everything that is to be 
planted out done as soon as possible. 
Alpines. — Go over and cut away the dead 
flower stalks, and free them from weeds ; 
make the drainage perfect ; of course they are 
kept in a shady situation. Foster and increase 
the most interesting, whether from rarity, 
beauty, or curiosity ; keep those dryish that 
have died down ; and the whole would be 
bettered by a slight top dressing. Some skill 
must be exercised here as to the watering of 
those which are growing, and those which are 
matured ; the former, of course, require the 
largest supplies. 
Anemones. — Those lifted last month may 
now be stored away carefully, and the late 
tubers should be taken up, where in beds, and 
laid out to dry. 
Annuals sown now, must have good situa- 
tions to flower this season. This is a good 
time to sow stocks, mignonette, &c, to flower 
in pots through the early part of the winter. 
Remove those past a flowering state, and if 
not before, refill their vacancies with others, 
or something ready to flower. 
Auriculas. — Continued attention to stirring 
the soil, drainage, and picking off the dead 
leaves, is necessary. Those whose leaves, as 
it were, roof over the soil in the pots, must be 
carefully watered. 
Brugmansias, or Daturas. — These are fine 
objects in the flower-garden, either planted 
out or plunged ; give them a sheltered spot, 
and apply liquid manure largely. 
Carnations. — Tie loosely, and so as the tie 
may slip up a little with the increasing growth. 
As the buds indicate bursting, open the calyx 
gently at each division, doAvn to the bass or 
worsted tie around the middle, and as the 
large petals develope, draw them down care- 
fully to the card ; those show flowers with 
faulty petals must have them withdrawn : 
apply now a little liquid manure, and at other 
times use pure rain or river water : go on 
with the propagating. 
Chrysanthemums. — Now is an excellent 
time to strike a number, by taking off the 
strongest tops of the shoots three inches 
long, and potting them in small single pots, 
and putting them in a little heat ; when 
struck, harden them off, shift them, and place 
them in a warm and sunny situation, plunging 
the pots, if possible. Prepare to lay a quan- 
tity early next month. 
Dahlias. — See that the supports for the 
plants are sufficient, as a gust of wind may in 
a moment render all previous care, as well as 
the plant for the future, useless : remove the 
weak and over-crowded laterals, and those 
only; propagate the fine sorts ; the roots so 
formed, and allowed to ripen and remain in 
the cutting pots, are the most valuable ; it 
may also be well to bear in mind, that those 
roots much stimulated by liquid manure, are 
not to be depended upon. Untiringly attend 
to keep down insects, and water profusely. 
Erythrina cristagalli forms a most noble 
plant as a single specimen ; plant or plunge in 
rich turfy loam and dung. In the south and 
west of England it will stand as a hardy peren- 
nial under favourable circumstances. 
Fuchsias. — Hasten them on with liquid 
manure ; few things grow quicker under this 
treatment : starve them a little towards the 
end of the month. 
Hollyhocks must be thinned, and have long 
and strong stakes put to them ; their grandeur 
will be enhanced by giving them clear liquid 
manure once a week. 
Jasmines, Honeysuckles, and all fast grow- 
ing climbing plants, should be now looked 
over, pruned, and nailed in, or tied up, as the 
case may be. 
Lobelias. — Encourage these by watering the 
strong growing sorts with liquid manure ; keep 
them at all times well supplied with water. 
Mignonette luxuriates in liquid manure, 
whether prepared from guano, pigeons' dung, 
or the stable-yard : water only at the roots, 
and sow in pots for winter. 
Pansies. — Plant out the seedlings in a rich 
soil of loam and leaf mould, or rotten dung and 
sand ; propagate from the old and good sorts ; 
they will strike readily under a hand-light in a 
shady situation, amongst sand and leaf mould. 
Picotees. — Remove the self or run petals 
from the show flowers as soon as they appear; 
they must have cards, the same as carnations, 
upon which the guard petals are to be evenly 
laid back ; it matters not whether the card 
