FLORICULTURAL CALENDAR. 
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ARTICLE X. 
OPERATIONS IN THE FLOWER-GARDEN FOR JULY. 
Auriculas. —Sow the seed as soon as it is ripe, and pot the old 
plants, which produced it. 
Azaleas should he propagated by cuttings of the young wood, 
planted in sand under a hand glass. 
Rose Trees should be budded. Those infested with aphides, 
should he syringed with a mixture of tobacco water and clear lime 
and soot water. 
Ranunculuses, fyc. must be taken up and spread in a dry airy 
place, previously to being laid by. Roots now planted will flower in 
October. 
Tigudia pavonia. —Seedlings transplanted on a hot-bed may he 
fully exposed to the air. 
Lemon and Orange Stocks may he budded towards the end, if the 
bark will rise freely. 
Greenhouse plants of most sorts, may he propagated by cuttings. 
Those placed out of doors in pots will require a good supply of water. 
Violets may he readily increased by the young shoots, which are 
plentifully striking root at this time. 
Late Annuals. —The hardy sorts sown in the beginning of the 
month, will come into flower the end of September. 
Dahlias may yet he propagated by cuttings. The old plants will 
also require striking. 
Rose Acacias may yet have their shoots shortened, to push anew 
for flowering in the Autumn. 
Carnations. —Transplant seedlings six inches apart, in an open 
airy situation, in fresh light earth. The flowering plants may also 
he layered, or cuttings may be planted under a hand-glass. 
Calceolarias should have a top-dressing, and cuttings should be 
planted in sandy peat and covered with a hand or bell-glass. 
Rockets.—A s soon as they have done flowering, cut down the stems 
nearly to the ground, to induce shoots to grow for cutting. 
ARTICLE XI.—THE FLOWER-GARDEN, 
Or Monthly Calendar of Practical Directions for the Culture of Flowers. 
BY MARTIN DOYLE, 
Author of “Hints to Small Farmers“Practical Gardening <yc. yc. 12 mo. 170 pages. 2s. 
This little work will be found very interesting to ladies who are fond 
of flowers. The author scarcely enters so fully into the minutiae of 
