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capital subjects for blooming in autumn in pots, if the cuttings be struck now, and 
kept regularly stopped till July. Towards the end of the month the sun will 
strengthen in warmth, and a shading of tiffany or some such material will have 
to be provided. It need scarcely be stated that watering needs constant atten¬ 
tion, also frequent syringing during bright weather; and vigilance is necessary in 
keeping the plants clean and free from aphis, &c. 
Cold Frames: Plants of Marigolds, Balsams, Phlox Drummondii, Asters, 
Stocks, Dwarf Nasturtiums, &c., may be pricked out in cold frames from the 
seed-pans or boxes, to harden them off before planting out in the open ground. 
Tender plants that have gone out of flower may be placed in the frames till it is 
safe to stand them out in the open for the summer. Some watchfulness will be 
required in regard to the weather, as covering will be requisite at night when it 
is cold and frosty. 
Floioer-Garden: If the flower-beds are not planted with spring-blooming 
plants, they should now be forked over, and some leaf-mould or refuse-soil from 
the potting-bench worked in with them. The hardier plants may be put out at 
once, such as Calceolarias, Zonal Pelargoniums, Verbenas, Cazania, Petunias, (fee. 
A few sprigs of Evergreen stuck in here and there about the plants, will save 
them from harm from rough winds and frost. All tender bedding-plants 
should be hardened off, ready for planting-out at the first favourable opportunity, 
and when danger from frost is past. Beds intended for Asters, Zinnias, Stocks, 
Phlox Drummondii, &;c., should be well manured and worked ; such flowers make 
but a poor display in indifferent soil. Climbing plants need attention to 
training, and Ivy growing against walls should be cut in closely, as at this 
season the bare places soon become covered with young leaves. Box-edgings may 
now be cut over, and it is best done after rain or in dull weather. 
Is^itchen Garden: Such popular vegetables as Cauliflower and Lettuce should 
be picked out for succession on some rich ground. Some Celery should be got 
out in trenches as soon as large enough, to give it a good start. In dry weather 
abundance of water must be given. Tomatos may be planted out against sunny 
w’alls as soon as the plants are large enough. Dwarf French Beans and Scarlet 
Runners should be sown at once, and other sowings follow for succession, according 
to the quantity required. Beet should be sown without delay. Radishes, 
Spinach, Turnips, Lettuce should also be sown for succession. Brussels Sprouts 
should be planted out from the seed-bed at the earliest possible moment in well- 
manured soil. Onions, Carrots, &c., should be thinned out, and the beds kept 
clear of weeds.—D. 
GAKDEN GOSSIP. 
HE National Carnation and Picotee Society's Southern Show. —You will 
greatly oblige by permitting me to inform your readers that this shoAv will 
be held in the Royal Aquarium, Westminster, in conjunction with a display 
of cut Roses, for which the Aquarium Company offer £65 in prizes, on 
Wednesday and Thursday, July 18 and 19, Schedules of these prizes, and those for the 
Carnations and Picotees, are in the press; and by the time this notice meets your readers’ 
eyes I shall be ready, and shall most gladly forward them to all persons interested. The pro¬ 
moters of the Carnation and Picotee show accepted this proposition of the Aquarium Com- 
pany, in the belief that the display of Hoses would give an additional attraction to the Show 
of Carnations and Picotees, and therefore offer a larger retm’n to those friends who so readily 
and generously responded to their appeal for the means of offering suitable and adequate 
prizes. That response disposes, I presume to believe, of the perverse and absurd statement 
