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root; also re-pot those gone out of bloom. Before proceeding to 
this operation, remove the sticks, and, with small pointed scissors, 
cut off all the dead flowers; replacing, after the plant is potted, 
as many of the supports as may be necessary to keep the plant in 
a desirable form. For the process of potting, see an article on the 
subject in the May number of this periodical. It is not desirable 
to keep Ericas under glass during the heat of summer; and yet it 
is necessary to protect those in flower, as well as to have them 
conveniently under the eye. I therefore remove the whole of the 
lights, merely retaining the thin canvass roller-blind for shade from 
the sun and protection from heavy rains. Every plant, as soon as 
it is out of flower, and fresh potted, I place on a similar situation 
as the Epacrises, which should be, as before stated, an elevated 
airy border, open to the north or north-east. Avoid, if possible, 
the proximity of a wall, as the radiation of heat and obstruction 
of air will be sure to engender mildew. W. H. Story. 
Fuchsias. —Stock plants and seedlings require but the general rou¬ 
tine of attention, such as watering, tying out, syringing, &e. 
W. FI. Story. 
Pansies.- —Plant out seedlings in cool situations; these will bloom in 
true character in September. Transplant any young stock that 
has been struck in pots. It is injudicious to pot up young plants 
at this time; keep them in the ground until September. Large 
blooms cannot be produced from plants that have been kept in 
small pots throughout the hot w r eather. C. Turner. 
Pelargoniums. —This has been a distressing month to our plants, 
both specimens and seedlings. The great heat has affected the co¬ 
lours and forms to an extent we never experienced before. The 
dust also has proved very annoying, disfiguring the blooms in 
spite of all our care. Look over the specimens, and take cuttings 
of choice sorts if you can obtain them. Use liquid manure occa¬ 
sionally (see No. IV., p. 107). Keep a sharp look-out for the 
green fly. If, in spite of your having fumigated as directed, it 
appears on a plant, use a shaving-brush to remove them; by this 
means they may be kept under. Seedlings of promise should 
have notes taken of them, and, if not wanted for exhibition, should 
be cut down, the top struck, and the bottom, when dried, to heal 
the wound, shifted, after paring off the outside of the ball. 
J. Dobson. 
Pinks. —The beds must be well supplied with water; give enough to 
reach the lowest roots; the size of the blossoms greatly depends 
on your attention to this. Manure water, clear and weak, may 
be given twice or thrice a week. Tie the pods as soon as you 
perceive them getting full; look them over now and then, and 
loosen those you have tied too tightly, and re-tie them. Get ready 
the shades, soft bast, &c. Prepare the piping-bed, number sticks 
and glasses, take cuttings from all the scarce varieties as soon 
as ready, and continue with the more abundant varieties.— Spittle- 
Fly : Destroy this mischievous insect on its first appearance if 
possible : ’tis tiresome work to pick them out with a pointed 
