GARDENING CALENDAR FOR AUGUST. 
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WINDOW GARDENING. 
The chief matter at present to be attended 
to, is to allow a regular and liberal supply of 
moisture to the plants, especially those in 
sunny aspects, using dilute manure water occa- 
sionally. Another point is to prepare hardy 
evergreens for the balconies, to replace the 
flowering plants as they go out of bloom. 
Hardy spring flowering herbaceous plants 
might also be introduced in a few of the larger 
pots or tubs ; such for instance as the Christ- 
mas rose, an&Tussilago fragrans, the first for 
its large white flowers, and the last for its 
pinkish blossoms and pleasant hawthorn-like 
scent. As they both flower by or before 
March, they are doubly welcome at a time 
when little else can be procured. 
Bulbs, such as hyacinths, crocus, &c, should 
be procured as early at the end of this month 
as possible, and potted and buried six inches 
deep in ashes under a north wall. They may 
then be had in perfection by Christmas : pot 
them in free sandy loam. 
Begonias. — Reduce the amount of water 
to such as are dying down, and let them go to 
rest. Expose the pots freely until all moisture 
is dried up, and then set them by in a dry cool 
place. 
Camellias. — Protect all the plants from too 
much moisture, and remove a few to flower 
early, to a warmer situation. 
Cinerarias. — Shift the plants as they ad- 
vance, and water freely ; stop such as appear 
likely to start into flower, in order to strengthen 
them before winter. 
Fuchsias. — Shift such as require it, or if in 
pots sufficiently large, use manure water more 
frequently than before. Put in cuttings of 
any desirable kinds, and pot them off as soon 
as they are well rooted. 
Geraniums. — Shift the early flowering 
sorts, using a free, and rather rich soil. Thin 
out the weak or misplaced shoots, and stake 
out the branches. Stop the young shoots of 
such as are to flower at the usual season, and 
shift such as require it. Keep the foliage very 
clean at all times. 
Myrtles, and other evergreens, should be 
regularly, but not too copiously supplied with 
water, and should be so placed as to have the 
full benefit of the sun to ripen their wood. 
Roses. — Keep them dry at the root by lay- 
ing the pots on their sides in a shady place. 
The Chinese, and similar sorts, should be 
pruned, and encouraged to flower again, by 
keeping them warm and damp at the root. 
Primulas. — Sow a little seed to keep up 
a succession ; shift those previously in pots, 
and keep them rather close until they root 
again. 
Violets. — Pot up a few, and place them 
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in a shady situation to form new roots ; water, 
to settle the mould about the roots, but do not 
sodden them with too much. 
Warclian Cases. — Continue the treatment 
previously recommended, filling up blanks, 
and watering freely when necessary : if many 
succulents are introduced, this last operation 
must be done with great care. 
PITS AND FRAMES. 
The principal operations will consist in 
preparing a stock of plants for the next 
season ; and also the different structures for 
their reception. 
Annuals. — Small sowings of the half-hardy 
sorts, as rhodanthe, schizanthus, lobelia, and 
others, may be made about the middle or end 
of the month, and may be placed in a warm 
frame until up, when they should be gradually 
hardened off, so as to stand full exposure to 
the atmosphere as long as the weather con- 
tinues favourable. The hardy species, as 
collinsia, gilia, intermediate stocks, &c, may 
also be sown, and pricked off as soon as big 
enough into pans or boxes. Give air freely 
after they are once up, in order not to weaken 
or draw the plants. 
Half-hardy plants, as calceolarias, petu- 
nias, verbenas, &c, should be propagated to 
the desired extent, and those cuttings previ- 
ously struck should be potted off. Keep 
them close until growing freely, and then 
allow plenty of ventilation : also keep them 
topped as they advance, in order to induce 
them to become shrubby ; water regularly. If 
it be intended to keep them in the cutting pots 
during the winter, the cuttings should be 
placed thinner, and they should be topped as 
soon as they are rooted, and should also be 
hardened off as soon as possible. Sow any 
seeds of these plants which have been saved, 
using a light free soil, and scattering the seeds 
very thinly. Give air freely as soon as they 
are up, and pot off singly into small pots as 
soon as they have two or three leaves. 
Forcing pit. — Many plants intended for 
forcing, may now be placed in this house, 
where they can be sheltered from the heavy 
rains, at the same time that a free supply of 
air can be admitted, and the watering so 
limited as to thoroughly mature the plants. 
Amaryllis and other bulbs, cacti, roses, and 
various others may be so treated. Lily of 
the valley, violets, and such plants, may also 
be potted up from the open ground at the end 
of the month, and should be protected from 
heavy rains. 
THE GREENHOUSE. 
Temperature. — From 70 to 75 degrees by 
day, and 60 to 65 degrees by night. 
Ventilation. — Give air freely by ail avail- 
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