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It was recommended that the autumn meeting of the Committee 
should be held at the gardens, when the members would have an oppor¬ 
tunity of comparing the fruits sent for examination with those grown in 
the Society’s garden. In the meantime, we hope that rules and regulations 
for the guidance, not only of the Committee, but for those sending fruit 
for examination, will be drawn up, with a view of establishing certain 
data on which to base some general laws applicable to fruit culture. 
HINTS FOR LADY AMATEURS. 
AUGUST. 
Greenhouse. —The convenience of a brick pit or frame to the 
amateur who has a greenhouse is very great, as it enables him to grow 
and bring forward a number of plants for placing in the greenhouse 
when the spring and summer flowering things are over, or placed out of 
doors. If any of our readers have the assistance, we advise them to 
grow a few Gladioluses and the pretty orange-coloured Tritonia aurea ; 
they will now be coming into bloom, and will make a nice variety for 
the greenhouse. Japan Lilies are indispensable, and can be grown up 
to this time in a frame ; to sum up, with the use of a frame, the green¬ 
house should now be gay with Japan Lilies, Gladiolus, Fuchsias, 
Oleanders, Achimenes, and Balsams; and if we could add to these a 
few pots of the Tuberose for their fragrance, so valuable a list, we hope, 
will at once induce those of our fair readers who do not possess so useful 
an auxiliary to set about the erection of one at once for another 
season. 
Frame. —Seedling Cinerarias and Calceolarias, when large enough, 
should be potted three or four in 8 -inch pots, and placed in a cool part 
of the greenhouse, in a frame ; shade when very hot. A pan of Inter¬ 
mediate Stock should now be sown for blooming in the greenhouse in 
March and April. 
Flower Garden. —The present month is the best time for pro¬ 
pagating a supply of plants for furnishing the greenhouse and flower 
garden next season. It is a mistake to suppose that frames and hot¬ 
beds are necessary ; very many plants will strike root and do better 
in the open soil, when treated as follows:—Select a piece of ground 
open to the sun, and dig it up 3 or 4 inches deep ; the soil should be 
sifted and mixed with one-third its bulk of sand, if at all stiff or heavy ; 
make the whole smooth and firm, and in this all the scarlet-flowering, 
variegated, and Ivy-leaved Geraniums will strike root freely; the 
sooner in the month they are put in the better, before the shoots get too 
soft. Make the cuttings firm in the soil and water freely; after the first 
fortnight do not attempt to shade, but let them have the full sun, for even 
if the leaves flag and some of them drop off, it will not prevent them doing 
well. Verbenas, Salvias, Senecios, Lobelias, and Petunias, will do equally 
well on the border, but require a hand glass over them and shading. 
The plants struck out of doors in this way will stand the winter better 
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