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the union takes place, when the piece grafted 
on the stock is separated from its plant and 
remains on the stock, and all the growing part 
of the stock is cut off, so as to leave this 
newly-grafted branch the only head. The 
advantage of this method is, that you may 
select a branch for inarching that has a 
quantity of bloom-buds set, so that the very 
first year the Camellia will be a blooming 
plant. The Camellias that have perfected 
their growth must be placed where they may 
ripen their wood without being excited to grow. 
They must be placed, therefore, in a cool 
and rather sheltered place, as mentioned 
before, and no place better than the north 
side of a wall, but where there is abundance 
of air, and some shelter from the worst rains. 
Autumnal Flowers, such as the Colchi- 
cums, Winter Aconites, Amaryllis Lutea, 
Autumnal Crocuses, Christmas Rose, and some 
others, or any autumn and winter bloom- 
ing plants, may be planted, if not done before. 
Auriculas. — Continue to examine these, 
to see their drainage is right ; pick off dead 
leaves, and throw them out of the frame, or 
away from the pots, and not in among them. 
Stir the surface of the earth if it should get 
mossy or green, and be very careful about 
watering. Large plants will sometimes so 
completely throw off all rain, that a plant may 
be starving for water, even in a dripping 
season, where they have had all the showers. 
This can only be avoided by closely examining 
the pots occasionally; for the plants may be so 
much distressed by drought as not to recover 
their health for a considerable time. 
Geraniums. — Those out of bloom may be 
cut in pretty close, and all the cuttings be put 
in the ground, and covered with a hand glass. 
By the end of the month they will have struck 
root. Seedlings which are blooming should 
be examined, and all that have not some re- 
commendation should be thrown away. Those 
only should be kept that have some very good 
points. The petal should be very thick, the 
colour very novel, the flower very round, the 
edge very smooth, or the bottom petal very 
wide, for this latter quality is scarce, and the 
absence of it frequently the only drawback to 
an otherwise good flower. Still any one of 
the points good in a remarkable degree ought 
to save a seedling, not for its value as a 
variety, but as a subject from which to save 
seed. 
Biennials and Perennials may be sown, 
if not sown last month; for they will, if planted 
out as soon as they are large enough, get 
strength enough to bloom next season, which 
is all that is required of most of them. Any 
sown last month may be planted out. 
Pansies may be continually propagated, 
and especially from young side shoots, which 
make the best plants. Any that have done 
blooming may be cut down pretty close, and 
earthed up ; even some may be put among 
the stalks, which may be nearly covered. 
These should be well watered, because it will 
induce shoots from the root ; and, as we have 
observed, most of them will be rooted plants. 
The old stock being parted, will give many fit 
to plant out at once. The best of the branches 
taken off by cutting down the plant may be 
selected, cut up to a joint, and planted under a 
glass in the shade. New beds may be made, 
with struck cuttings, being prepared with a 
good dressing of leaf-mould or dung rotted to 
mould. Shade flowering plants, or blooms 
intended for show. 
Seeds and Seedlings' Seeds may be ga- 
thered as they ripen, if wanted ; but when 
seed is not wanted, the sooner decayed flowers 
are taken from the plants the better they look, 
and the more the plant is strengthened. 
Seedling bulbs of all kinds, which have died 
down, should be carefully taken up and bagged 
in a dry place, or kept in boxes ; but, as the 
one-year old bulbs are small, they must not 
be out of ground very long, nor be kept where 
it is too hot and dry. 
Potted Plants of all kinds, out of doors, 
must be well watered in hot weather, because 
a few hours' sun, w r hen the soil is not kept 
moist, heats the pot, and kills the fibres next to 
it. Annuals, to be perfected in pots, should be 
shifted. The neglect of properly watering 
plants in pots that are set out in the ground is 
one of the most prolific sources of mischief. Few 
people consider, and we cannot mention it too 
often, that a plant may stand out in six hours' 
rain without being any the less entitled to the 
use of the watering-pot. Many tall and bushy 
plants completely repel every drop of water 
from the pots, to which, in fact, they are a 
roof of leaves. We have seen men careless 
upon such matters, and have known magnifi- 
cent plants damaged, and some killed, before 
the evil was discovered ; and there are many 
which had better be killed out of the way 
than spoiled, for it is only a temptation to 
retain old scrubs, that are a discredit to the 
collection they belong to. Let any one at all 
used to examine and think, remember for 
what a number of hours the ground under 
some trees remains dry, and they may well 
conceive that those plants which are, in pro- 
portion, more bushy than trees in general, will 
effectually throw off every drop from the pot. 
Ranunculuses and Anemones must be 
taken up and carefully dried a day or two in 
the shade, under cover. All the spring 
planted and June blown ones will have died 
down by the end of the month, and they are 
I subject to attacks of vermin if left a day too 
I long on the ground. This is of not so much 
