MANAGEMENT OF THE FLOWER GARDEN. 179 
and stock is now in that glutinous state, that a union 
or attachment to each other readily takes place. Ger¬ 
anium cuttings may now be put in, which will make 
nice plants by the fall, and all plants in pots should be 
freely watered in the evening. Some pots may be 
filled with soil, and plunged up to their rims in the 
ground, in which mignionette, sweet alyssum, &c., 
can be sown for flowering in the house in autumn. 
Many of the hardy shrubs may be increased by lay¬ 
ers from the young wood of the previous growth. 
The principal business in the flow 7 er garden and 
shrubbery during the heat of summer, consists in 
hoeing and weeding the beds and borders, keeping 
the walks clean, and watering all such plants as require 
it. Flower seeds of all kinds should be gathered as 
they ripen, and be spread on sheets of paper to dry, 
in an airy room where the sun can reach them, and 
when they are dry and hardened a little, rub them out, 
and put them in paper bags and boxes till the season 
arrives for sowing them. 
Towards the middle of August, and while the vari¬ 
ous plants are beautifying the garden, it will be well 
to prepare for the continuation of floral beauty during 
the fall and winter months. Many plants destined for 
the house require shifting or potting, and tying up, 
that they may be ready to remove into the house by 
the end of September. The autumnal flowering Am¬ 
aryllis belladonna, cyclamen, oxalis bowiei, and other 
bulbous roots, may now be taken out of their pots, and 
replanted in fresh soil, and they will flower in Septem¬ 
ber or October. 
