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tlie table during December and the two following months, than a few pots 
of these, nicely fruited, placed in vases or otherwise, according to the taste 
of the decorator ? For this purpose, I select in May or June nice little 
plants of last year’s runners and pot them in 72’s ; I then plunge them in 
an open border exposed to the sun, but never allow them to suffer for w T ant 
of water. They have an occasional watering with liquid manure. The flowers 
are cut off as they appear, until it is thought necessary to suffer them to fruit. 
They are transferred to their fruiting pots (48’s) in August, and placed with 
the general stock for forcing. The Alpine forces better than any other 
Strawberry we have, requiring but little heat to bring it into fruit. An 
early vinery just started, is a capital place forpt. 
Oakley Park. W. Robins. 
SEASONABLE GARDENING HINTS—AUGUST. 
*HE long continuance we have had of hot ’weather and bright sunshine 
has lately put almost an end to all out-door operations except water¬ 
ing. Mowing machines have for some weeks been laid aside, the' 
grass in most places being very much burnt up. Weeds have with 
very little trouble been easily kept down. Vegetables and flowering 
plants have had to be kept continually watered to keep them growing. The 
sowing of all seed out-doors has required more attention and labour than 
usual, as has also the transplanting of all kinds of plants. 
Plants in pits and frames that have had every necessary attention paid 
them, have made most satisfactory progress. Shading should only be used 
now when absolutely necessary for a few hours on very hot bright days, as 
all young liardwooded plants will now be benefited by plenty of light and 
air to ripen the wood. On calm mild nights during the whole of the month 
the lights should remain off. Cinerarias for autumn and winter flowering- 
should now have their final shift. Zonal Pelargoniums for autumn display 
should also be neatly tied out, but no shoots should be stopped. If shifted 
last month, they should not need shifting now; but should there be any 
plants that require it, they should have a small shift. 
Towards the middle of the month all the strong-growing, hardwooded, 
greenhouse plants that have been standing in sheltered shaded situations, 
should be set where they can have exposure to sun and air on all sides, 
in order that the young wood may be properly ripened. 
It is only in seasons like the present that people in general find out the 
advantage of deep cultivation in the flower garden. When the soil is 
shallow the plants soon perish if not kept continually well supplied with 
water; but when the soil is of good depth, and the roots get downwards, 
most kinds of plants grow and flourish without being constantly w r atered. 
Pelargoniums of all kinds flourish well in hot weather when they have good 
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