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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ July, 
early. Fol’ pot-culture small pots should be 
used for the layers, filling them with rich soil, 
and pegging the layers down into it. By-and- 
bye, when planted out in beds, it is well not 
to plant too deeply in the soil, but to keep 
the crowns pretty well above it. Now is the 
time to nail in close to the wall the young 
shoots forming on wall fruit-trees, and those 
that are not required to fill up vacant places 
can be removed. The young growths on out¬ 
door vines still need attention, as recommended 
last month. 
Flower Garden. —Day by day a new lustre 
should be added to this department, and the 
gardener should second the bountiful efforts 
of Nature by keeping all flower-beds and 
borders as neat and clean as possible. One 
special task belonging to the month of July is 
the layering of Pinks , Carnations , Picotees, and 
Cloves. It should be gone about in a work¬ 
man-like way, by first getting together a good 
compost, made up of three-parts of yellow 
loam and one of leaf-mould and sand. Some 
pegs, three or four inches in length, made of 
fern or the branches of trees, are also necessary. 
All dead leaves should be removed from the 
plants, and the soil stirred about them. Then 
a layer of compost must be laid on the soil, 
and the work of layering can be proceeded 
with. The earlier the layering can be done, the 
stronger will be the plants when required for 
putting out in autumn. It is not too late to 
put out Antirrhinums for blooming this summer, 
or Pentstemons , provided the plants are fairly 
strong. Wallflowers , Street Williams , Fox¬ 
gloves , Canterbury Bells , &c., can be planted 
out where they are to flower. Dahlias, Holly¬ 
hocks , and such tall-growing subjects must be 
staked, or the wind will spoil them. 
Cold Frames. —Those who grow Auriculas 
should have them repotted during the month, 
taking care not to over-pot, and giving the 
plants a place in the frame on a north aspect. 
Polyanthuses are better planted out, as they 
seem to benefit greatly when afforded a change 
of this character. The things that are now 
occupying the cold frame may be allowed to 
have warm refreshing showers, but not heavy 
rains. Cuttings of any hardy plants it is de¬ 
sirable to increase should be put in pots, and 
find a place in the cold frame, keeping them 
moist, and shading when the sun is hot. 
Cuttings of fine named Pansies should be 
secured, placing them in pots and housing 
them in the frame, which is useful as a place 
of shelter in many ways, that will readily 
suggest themselves to the villa gardener. 
Greenhouse. —Now that hot weather is likely 
to follow the welcome rains, the greenhouse 
nhints must be well looked after in the matter 
of water. Fuchsias and Pelargoniums should 
be getting into good condition ; and with 
Balsams , Petunias , and such well-known 
plants, be the leading features. A few days 
ago, we saw in a suburban greenhouse Glox¬ 
inias, the fibrous-rooted and other flowering 
Begonias; Lobelias , Plumbago capensis, with 
its pretty blue flowers, some scented-leaved 
Pelargoniums , Tropceolums, Echeverias , Kalo- 
santhes coccinea , Bamboos , Draccenas of the 
hardier types, and several other things that, 
while they filled the house, were varied and 
effective. The villa gardener should never be 
satisfied with growing the same things year 
after year, but endeavour to add fresh subjects 
that are suitable. By keeping the plants clean, 
and free from decaying leaves, the beauty of 
the display can be much heightened. A 
slovenly greenhouse is an eye-sore of the most 
decided character. On the other hand, a few 
common plants well kept can be made a source 
of enjoyment for a long time.— Suburbanbs. 
GARDEN GOSSIP. 
Messrs. Veitch and Sons, of Chelsea, 
7((feN recently set up at South Kensington a 
group of Indian Azaleas, most taste¬ 
fully intermixed with Japanese Maples. The effect 
was singularly pleasing. The most telling of the 
Azaleas was Flambeau, a lustrous y crimson, but small 
in size. Other fine sorts were Eclatante, salmon- 
red, very bright and striking, an invaluable decora¬ 
tive variety ; Cocarde Orange, a very taking double 
variety, with orange and salmon-red flowers, very 
free; Stella, salmon, slightly semi-double, fine in 
form, and with a dash of bright purple on the 
upper segment; Grandis, very large, of fine form, 
with dashes of purple on the orange-salmon; La 
Rose, a pale magenta-rose, large, very fine, free, and 
a most desirable decorative variety; Oswald de 
Iverchove, a very bright rosy-magenta, and a most 
desirable variety; Reine des Roses, a paler shade 
of rose, large and very pleasing; Comtesse de 
Flandres, delicate pinkish-rose, very fine and free; 
Madame Van der Cruyssen has double rose flowers, 
and is also very free; Madame Louise de Ker- 
chove, salmon, edged with white, very pretty and 
fine, as w r ell as of excellent form; Mrs. Turner is 
more delicate in tone, but very good ; Roi Leopold 
alba remarkably free, inclined to become semi¬ 
double, and occasionally flaked with carmine-pink; 
Pharailde, a fine white, with large flowers having 
fringed petals, but very chaste indeed because of 
its purity of colour; Rosa Bonheur, a good white 
semi-double, with dashes of pale green in the centre; 
Marie Yan Houtte, pure white, with slight flakes of 
carmine, and semi-double; Leonie Yan Houtte, a 
very good white, with slight dashes of green; 
Apollon, a grand variety, large and splendid in form, 
and occasionally striped with pale rose. These 
Belgian varieties seem to have almost superseded 
those of English origin, being more vigorous, with 
larger flowers, and richer and more varied colours. 
— ®he charming Odontoglossum vexil- 
larium is this year blooming finely, having 
become well established. A grand plant in Dr. 
Paterson’s choice collection at Bridge of Allan, 
though quite a small plant with one bulb four years 
ago, has now several large and well-matured bulbs, 
one of which has borne four spikes, with twenty-nine 
blooms upon them. The plant bore fifteen spikes, 
