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COMPANION TO THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. 
and Calceolaria seed should be now sown for next year, and Balsams, 
Japan Lilies, Fuchsias, Gladiolus, and other plants for the autumn deco¬ 
ration of the greenhouse, should be looked after. Give manure-water to 
Pelargoniums. 
Flower Garden .—A great deal must needs be done now. All bedding 
out that has been left unfinished should be completed; but, except in 
very few situations, there will hardly be any plants that are not in their 
summer quarters. We ourselves began to bed out on the 15 th April, 
earlier than we ever recollect; and there has not been a check on the 
plants since. They should be put out in moderately dry weather. We 
would recommend some of our friends who live in sheltered and warm 
nooks to try some of the Cannas, Bicinus, etc., advertised by some 
of the London houses, such as Barr and Sugden, Carters, etc. When 
planted, a good hole should be dug, and a considerable quantity of fresh 
manure put in. They require as much heat as possible at the root, being 
natives of a tropical climate; and this is the way in which, even in the 
warmer summer climate of Paris, their growth is effected. 
Florists’ Flowers.— Auriculas should have the bloom-lieads pinched off, 
Avhere seed is not required, and be kept well exposed to the air; and, 
where it can be done with caution, a gentle shower will revive them, but 
they must not be soaked. As they are now making growth, a little weak 
manure-water may be given to them, until about the middle of the month, 
w 7 hen they ought to be let to rest comparatively, and allowed to make their 
growth again after the potting up in August. Carnations and Pinks 
should be well watched after, greenfly carefully brushed off, and top- 
dressed towards the end of the month. Chrysanthemums should now be 
shifted into blooming-pots, and stopped to induce dwarfness of growth. 
Dahlias may be planted out; it is always desirable to place the main 
stake at once to the plant, and place three others so that when the plant 
makes growth it may be tied to these, and so kept firm. Hollyhocks 
should also be in their blooming-places, and looked after from time to 
time; when they are forward, stakes should be put to them at once. 
Pinks should be disbudded, and pipings made at the end of the month. 
Boses will now be every day expanding their beauties, and charming us 
with their beauties and fragrance. Make careful notes of all the newer 
kinds, for a weeding must take place. 
Tulips should have the seed-pods picked off, and when the bulbs ripen 
(which may be ascertained by the stalk bending without being broken) 
should be taken up and stored away in paper bags, or in drawers made 
expressly for them. 
ABSWEBS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Received, letters of J. J. ; C. T.; X.; S. R.. 11. ; J. S.; Rosa, etc. 
J. J.—Mariner, the great Azalea grower, lives at Dresden, Saxony. Ycrvaene, at 
Ghent. There are two, father and son ; the father the best known. 
C. T.— v¥e can believe anything of the body of which you write. 
Rosa.—The Birmingham Rose Show is fixed for July IGth and 17th. 
