GARDENING CALENDAR FOE, JULY. 
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be given, and sometimes the lights should be 
wholly removed at night. 
Annuals. — If any are still left, they should 
be shifted as they require it, and occasionally 
supplied with liquid manure. About the end 
of the month some ten-week stock seed should 
be sown, to produce plants to bloom early in 
spring. 
Half-hardy 2Jlants, as petunias, verbenas, 
&c, should be propagated as fast as cuttings 
can be procured, especially any new sorts, or 
such as may be particularly desirable. Those 
which are intended for forcing, as pelargoni- 
ums, heliotropes, calceolarias, &c, should be 
grown away, and be kept regularly stopped 
so as to form bushy heads, and also to prevent 
their flowering. Keep them regularly shifted 
until they are in the required size pot, and 
shade them as soon as the sun acts power- 
fully on the glass, especially when fresh 
shifted. 
Green-house plants placed in these struc- 
tures to make their summer growth, must 
be regularly and copiously supplied with water, 
both at the root and over head!, Shift when 
necessary, especially the stronger growing 
sorts : shade in bright weather, but remove 
the lights entirely at night, in fierce weather, 
and protect them from heavy rains. Stop, 
thin, and tie out the shoots as they advance in 
growth. 
Forcing Pit. — Many bulbs will have per- 
fected their growth, and as the leaves be- 
gin to decay, gradually reduce the quantity 
of water until they are perfectly dry, keeping 
them near the glass, and thoroughly exposed 
to the sun to ripen. Keep all growing plants 
regularly watered and syringed, night and 
morning, and maintain a moist atmosphere by 
evaporating pans, and by constantly watering 
the walks. Shade such plants as soon as the 
sun-heat becomes powerful, and give air 
freely. 
THE GREEN-HOUSE. 
Temperature. — From 60 degrees to 70 de- 
grees by day ; and from 50 to 60 degrees by 
night. 
Ventilation. — Give air freely, so as to keep 
the temperature nearly as indicated above. 
Air should be left on all night, except in wet 
or windy weather, when all should be made 
secure before the house is left. 
Watering. — Never allow any plant to flag 
or droop its leaves for want of moisture ; and 
be sure those in pots are thoroughly soaked 
through the ball : syringe freely, especially in 
the evening in bright weathei*, so as to allow 
the plants to recruit their strength before 
morning. 
Potting. — Continue to shift such plants as 
require it as they advance in growth ; in doing 
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so, loosen the old ball of earth so as to make 
sure that it will not remain as a lump in the 
centre of the new soil, into which water cannot 
penetrate. Keep the plants close and shaded 
until they recommence their growth, when 
they will also need a more liberal supply of 
water than immediately after being shifted. 
Soils, $'c. — Take all opportunities to in- 
crease the store of materials for different com- 
posts, and keep them in large heaps at present, 
so that they may not get too dry for use. The 
pots in which the summer bedding plants were 
grown, should be washed, sorted, and stacked, 
ready for use again ; if in a shed or other dry 
place, they will be handier for use at any time. 
Dressing. — Keep every thing neat and 
clean ; tie up climbers, and stop such as re- 
quire it. See that the leaves of the plants 
are perfectly clean, and free from dirt and 
dust. 
Insects. — Destroy all of an injurious cha- 
racter as soon as they make their appearance. 
Guard in particular in the hot dry weather 
against thrip and red spider, especially on the 
climbers and taller plants, where they some- 
times escape notice until considerable damage 
is done. 
Aloes and succulents generally should be 
kept growing by a good supply of moisture 
and free exposure to light, heat, and air. 
Agaves and large succulents should be 
grown fast, by placing them in a hot exposure, 
and watering them freely. An occasional dose 
of manure water will be serviceable. 
Alstromerias. — Such as have done flowering 
should have the supply of water gradually 
reduced as the foliage decays and the seed- 
vessels ripen. They should be placed in a hot 
sunny exposure, but where they may be sheltered 
from heavy rains. 
Annuals. — Remove those in a shabby state, 
and replace them with some of the later sown 
crops. Supply them abundantly with water, 
and keep them near the light, and give them 
air freely to prevent their drawing up weakly. 
Azaleas. — Place such as have perfected their 
growth out of doors in a sheltered situation, 
where they can be protected from heavy rains. 
Forward the growth of the later plants, so 
that they may begin their rest before the heat 
of the autumn is passed. 
Calceolarias. — Cut down the old plants, 
and propagate from the best of the cuttings. 
Keep the plants in a cool frame facing the 
north, and shade in bright weather. Water 
freely, and guard against green fly, whose 
attacks are peculiarly hurtful to these plants. 
Camellia s.— Place such as have completed 
their growth out of doors, in a situation where 
they will be shaded from the mid-day sun, and 
also protected from too much moisture. Keep 
the smaller plants in pits, giving plenty of air, 
