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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ July, 
or anything tending to give an untidy appearance. Keep Verbenas , Petunias , 
&c., nicely pegged down as they advance in growth, and attend regularly to the 
staking and tying-up of all tall-growing plants as they require it. Poses should 
now have some attention paid them ; keep all faded flowers picked off daily, and 
give the plants liberal doses of liquid manure; budding should now be done 
when the stocks are in a fit state. Layer Carnations and Picotees , and put in 
pipings of Pinks. Put in cuttings of Antirrhinums , Pentstemons , Phloxes , &c.; 
they will strike freely at this season, if put into any light sandy soil under hand¬ 
glasses at the north side of a wall. Continue regularly to sweep and roll walks 
and to sweep and mow lawns. 
In-Doors. — Hard-wooded plants set out-of-doors should have the same attention 
as though they were in the house, with regard to stopping, tying, potting, water¬ 
ing, &c. Shift at once any plants that require it, taking care that the old ball 
is moist at the time of potting. See that no plant suffers for want of water. 
An occasional syringing on fine evenings will be beneficial. Pimeleas , Polygalas , 
and other plants past flowering, should be pruned back, and placed in a favour¬ 
able situation to start afresh. The young stock in pits and frames will now 
require a good deal of attention. Shift all plants that require it, and attend 
regularly to the stopping and training of the shoots ; give abundance of air both 
day and night, and shade for a few hours in bright sunshine ; attend well to the 
watering. Show and fancy Pelargoniums , which have done blooming, should be 
set in exposed situations out-of-doors to ripen the wood ; they should afterwards 
be headed back, and the cuttings put in to strike. Attend well to the watering 
of Zonal Pelargoniums , Fuchsias , Salvias , and other Soft-wooded plants intended 
for autumn flowering. Shift seedling Cinerarias , Primulas , as they require it; 
these do best in a cold frame at this season, with plenty of air and water. 
Spare no pains to keep every thing free of insects, and in a healthy, thriving 
state. — M. Saul, Stourton. 
FORCING LILY OF THE VALLEY IN AMERICA. 
to the present time there has never been a sufficient supply of this 
flower to meet the demands of the florists in New York, and one of the 
f principal Broadway Florists informed me it was unusually scarce last 
winter. I saw in one florist’s house the remains of plants which had 
flowered but little, and was informed that it required too much heat, and, did 
not pay for coals. These roots were round the outside edge of a bed of Tube¬ 
roses which had evidently flowered well for the New Year ; the bottom-heat of 
this bed was perhaps 80° in the middle, but at the outside was perhaps not 60°. 
The Lily roots were imported from Germany. I may note that I saw several 
other things grown exceedingly well at this place : for example, one house of red 
and another of white Perpetual Carnations, each house 100 ft. long and 20 ft. 
wide ; these surpassed anything I ever saw ; flowers could be cut by the bushel, 
and every plant was perfect. The plants, of course, were but one year old, 
