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THE FLORIST. 
a stock of all the leading kinds before the large plants begin to die 
off from the heat. Entire beds have been known to shank off during 
a very hot summer ; and all we can say on this part of the subject 
is, that the further the Pansy is removed from its original state by 
high cultivation, &c. the more they shank off in this manner. 
Therefore if our recommendations are attended to, by propagating 
as much as possible during the spring, the loss, comparatively, wall 
be but trifling, as the young stock is not liable to go off from the 
same cause ; and when once we get through the summer months, 
they generally grow like weeds. 
To keep up a succession of large blooms, pluck off all small or 
otherwise inferior blossoms. Those that grow for competition only, 
often destroy the whole of the bloom for a few days to ensure a fine 
head, and a good choice for any particular occasion. At all times 
keep the plants clean of dead leaves. The side-shoots, and those 
that continue to break up from the root, must be kept down when 
large blooms are indispensable, whether they are required for increase 
or not. 
JUNE. 
The operations in this month will be very similar to the preceding 
one. The weather having become more hot, the cuttings will require 
closer attention; and the first thing to be done on observing a fine 
flower in the seedling-bed should be to put in a few cuttings; as we 
have before shewn how little notice a plant gives before it dies during 
the heat of May and June. Plants that appear to be full of health 
and vigour in the morning, will be down before midday, as if they 
had been severed with a knife. On examining them, it will be found 
that the spine is black and diseased to the extremity of the shoots. 
Many fine seedlings have been lost for want of this precaution. 
Examine the choice kinds, and gather what seed is sufficiently 
ripe, or the sparrows will very likely save you that trouble. When 
gathered, it should be placed so that it can be covered with glass 
or thin canvass; otherwise, at the bursting of the pods, many good 
seeds will be lost. Of course it must not be covered down air-tight, 
as it will require all the air it can have to ripen and dry it off. 
JULY. 
Many of the cuttings put in from time to time will have taken 
root. Those for autumn-blooming may be planted out at once ; and 
a cool spot selected, and prepared with plenty of coarse sand, to 
transplant the remainder into for stock-plants. Keep the surface 
of the soil removed between those cuttings in process of striking ; 
and clean the cuttings of all dead foliage. It should be borne in 
mind, that the situation for the Pansy ought to be the first object; 
and if there is a part of the garden cool, and rather shady, but of 
inferior soil, we advise the cultivator to make that soil suit the plant, 
which will be found more easy than to make the situation. 
(To be concluded in our next.) 
