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indispensable that every pot be kept free from worms. The safest 
way of preventing their entrance is to place the pots either on boards, 
or to put a piece of slate under each. If, however, any worms; do 
effect an entrance as soon as it is observed, water the soil in the pot 
once or twice with a weak solution of lime and water, which will 
speedily cause them to come out. 
Carnations in pots for flowering, should have a good top-dressing 
of leaf-mould and sheep-dung, early in the month. 
Dahlias may be turned out into the situations where they are in¬ 
tended to flower, this should be done as early in the month as is con¬ 
venient. Always select a cloudy or rainy day for the purpose. 
Erica Cuttings should still be put in. 
Greenhouse Plants should he set in a sheltered and somewhat 
shady situation out of doors in the beginning of the month. 
Polyanthuses should now be potted except such are to produce 
seed; follow precisely the same rules as for auriculas in every thing 
but the soil, which must not be rich. Always break off the old car¬ 
rot-like root, at every potting, leaving only the upper part where 
there are plenty of fibres. 
Orange-Trees may now be propagated by cuttings, cut them off 
about twelve inches long, take off the leaves with a sharp knife from 
the lower part of each cutting, and plant a single one six inches deep 
in a pot eight inches deep and six wide, filled with two inches of 
drainage, and the remainder with pure river sand. 
Ranunculuses now planted will flower in September. Let the bed 
on which they are planted be raised no higher than the surrounding 
surface, which will enable it to retain more moisture; plant the roots 
in the usual way, and give the bed a good watering with lime-water 
to destroy the worms. Afterwards keep the bed well watered with a 
thin solution of cow-dung and water, until the leaves appear. After 
they have come up, it is necessary to constantly shade, from ten 
o’clock in the morning to four or five o’clock in the afternoon, in 
sunny days; and this must be continued until they have done flow¬ 
ering. Water the other beds which are just coming into bloom, if 
the weather be dry, and continue to do so until they are in full flower ; 
and shade where necessary. 
