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GARDENING CALENDAR FOR AUGUST. 
FLOAVER GARDEN AKD SHRUBBERT. 
Sow for planting out and early spring flower- 
ing, such annuals as clarkia, collinsia, coreop- 
sis, Oenothera, nemophila, gilia, &c. ; they 
will do well on a warm border in a light sandy 
soil. Biennials and perennials may also be 
sown. 
Plant and Transplant biennials, also a 
few annuals for late flowering, and shrubs of 
all sorts if required. 
General Directions. — Every place being 
now filled must be kept, as respects neatness 
and cleanliness, in a superior style, to impart 
the desired gratification ; both choice flowers and 
skilful arrangement would alike be lost without 
these accompaniments. Towards the end of 
the month the shrubs will demand attention, 
if any are to be transplanted. Follow up the 
propagating of flower garden plants, selecting 
those things which apparently best suit the 
situation and object. Do not omit watering 
as required ; this is often a trying month for 
flowering plants : use weak liquid manure. 
Anemone seed may be sown almost as soon 
as gathered ; select a rich and light soil, and 
keep it damp until the seeds vegetate. Take 
up the old tubers and dry them, if not already 
done. 
Annuals sown out of doors now, will flower 
early in spring. Mignonette and other choice 
things can be put in pots, and preserved in 
frames through the winter. Clear away at once 
those past bloom, unless they are wanted for seed. 
Auriculas may be shifted now, but only 
take those which require it, that is, those 
whose roots are matted ; give them a soil 
composed of one half sandy, turfy loam, and one 
half decomposed cow-dung ; place the plants 
in a frame, shut it close, and shade slightly 
for a day or two, where air must be given and 
shading continued only in the middle of the 
day. Prick out and look after seedlings and 
offsets ; do not throw away the seed pan, as 
many more seeds may yet vegetate. 
Biennials of all sorts may be pricked off in 
beds prepared for them. 
Carnations. — Water the layers, and lay 
what are to be done. From those pods intended 
for seed remove all withered petals and any 
damp tendency. Seedlings may be planted 
where they are to bloom. 
Crocus seed may be sown in pans and 
placed in a cool frame, or it will do in the open 
ground. The old roots are better not lifted 
too often, if they can be allowed to remain. 
Dahlias should now be in bloom, and con- 
tinued vigilance is requisite to keep down 
vermin. Flowers for show must be shaded 
carefully, and those likely to be perfect assisted 
by taking away the buds that are near them : 
remove all bad blooms the moment they appear: 
fasten in the lateral shoots and cut away any 
spray-like branches. Bad seedlings should be 
thrown out at once. 
Laurels, Laurustinus, &c, may be re- 
moved with impunity at the end of the month ; 
a balancing of the head and root, by way of 
pruning, may be effected previous to trans- 
planting. 
Lawns should have regular and constant 
attention to mowing, rolling, sweeping, &c, 
on which their softness and closeness depends. 
JPansies. — Shade those for competition. 
Form new beds of the young plants, and still 
propagate others. Be careful to impregnate 
where seed is required, and nip off all besides. 
Increase the showy sorts for the borders. 
Perennials. — Propagate such desirable 
plants as pentstemons, phloxes, campanulas, 
double rockets, lychnis, &c, either by cuttings 
or divisions. Cut away all the flowering 
stalks that are past bloom, unless they are 
wanted for seed. 
Pinks. — Plant out in nursery rows, the 
rooted pipings, six inches apart, in a rich 
soil of sandy loam and dung. 
Ranunculus. — Sow early, either in pans, or 
in the open ground ; take up the established 
tubers, and dry and store them. 
Rhododendrons, Kalmias, and such like 
shrubs, should be copiously watered, and di- 
vested of all their seed pods ; liquid manure 
will be found beneficial, if they have not yet 
matured their growth. 
Rockets, if strong, should be planted out 
where they are to flower ; a few may be put 
in the shrubbery border. 
Roses. — Remove all the wild shoots from 
the stocks of those that are budded, and secure 
the shoots of the buds against winds : if green 
fly yet attack the young shoots, syringe with 
tobacco water promptly. 
Stocks. — The Bromptons and Twickenham 
stocks may be planted where they are to 
bloom next spring ; but it will be well to pot 
a quantity next month, and keep them in 
frames. Sow the German sorts now, and 
preserve them in frames through the winter. 
Tulips. — If the bed is in the flower garden, 
it must be filled during .summer, and so with 
ranunculuses and other bulbs, Pelargoniums 
ready to flower, being plunged in them, as 
soon as the bulbs die down ; but if apart in any 
other situation, the soil in the beds may be 
ridged, and turned at least once every month. 
Wallflowers, Stveetwilliams, and similar 
things, should be planted out if large enough, 
where they are to bloom ; or if small, pricked 
out in nursery beds : most of these look best 
in masses, and may be planted in that way 
amongst annuals and other plants, which must 
soon be cleared off. 
